Eng.IV.H./Br. Byrd/Lady Susan Unit
Jane Austen’s Lady Susan Journals
Journal One: 5pts
A: Research England’s Regency Period and the personality of George IV.
--You may use popular resources for this research, as well as scholarly. Whichever you use, cite
them generically (a list at the end of the journal entry). Look for details about wealthy, working
class, imperialism, women, the poor, etc.
Journal Two: 10 pts
Lady Susan Meets Lady Gaga: Pick a popular pop song that you think “fits” Austen’s novella, either
in terms of theme or characterization or plot. Then write a short paragraph explaining your choice.
(5pts) (Obviously, make use of text support from both the novella and the song (and the music
video in applicable—5pts).
Journal Three: 20 pts
Option A: Collage. You are the casting director for the first ever film adaptation of Lady Susan. You
have all of Hollywood, London, and Paris clamoring for the roles. Who would you cast for the lead
roles and why? (Collage = pictures, names of stars with their characters Explaination on a separate
sheet of paper. Each actor gets a separate paragraph.
Option B: Creative Writing. Pretend you are Mr. Charles Vernon, Frederica, or Miss
Summers, or a new character, Fanny Fenwick. Compose at least two letters in the person of your
chosen character. They can either give a new side of the story on three events, or describe events
not touched on in the novella at all.
For example: Charles writing about going to London to pick up Frederica; Miss Summers writing
about Frederica running away from school; Maria Manwaring writing to Fanny Fenwick about Lady
Susan; Mr. Manwaring writing to Lady Susan about missing her, etc.
Option C: Compare/Contrast Paper. Write a short compare/contrast paper about Lady Susan and
Lady Macbeth or Sir Gawain and Lady Bartilak to Reginald De Courcy and Lady Susan.
Option D: Reflection Paper. Write a short reflection/persuasion paper about how either Lady Susan
is just a woman trying to survive or she’s a godless woman.
Journal Four: 10 pts
Now that you've read the entire novella. Revisit the powerpoint presentation on the Marxist
interpretive lens PDF. Address the questions of those powerpoint slides--putting them together in a
coherent paragraph.