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Jane AustenLady Susan
Episode 10 of 10

Both Lady Susan and her daughter Frederica get married - but to whom? Stars Harriet Walter and Michelle Wesson.

Lady Susan and her daughter Frederica both get married - but to whom?

Lady Susan's key aims in life have been to find a suitably wealthy husband for her teenage daughter, Frederica, and also one for herself…

Lady Susan’s dear friend, Alicia, concludes her story.

Written in 1794 in the form of a series of letters, Jane Austen's magnificent first novella is as subversive as it is charming.

It was published in 1871, 44 years after the author’s death.

Dramatised by Lavinia Murray

Lady Susan …. Harriet Walter
Mrs Alicia Johnson …. Maggie Steed
Mrs Catherine Vernon …. Imelda Staunton
Frederica …. Michelle Wesson

Piano music composed and played by Julie Cooper.

Director: Jocelyn Boxall

Producer: Jeremy Mortimer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.

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