See
the explanation of such aristocratic honorifics.
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This tale of the self-seeking Lady Susan Vernon was written by Jane Austen, probably some time before 1805, but was not published until 1871, as part of James Edward Austen-Leigh's Memoir (Jane Austen left it untitled; the title "Lady Susan" was provided by Austen-Leigh). This is the work of Jane Austen's which comes closest to what we now think of as "Regency".
[I have somewhat arbitrarily split the HTML version of Lady Susan into three conveniently-sized parts. Lady Susan is also available as a single plain ASCII e-text file, compressed in binary .zip format <49888 bytes> -- see explanation of ".zip" here].
Sir Reginald === Lady C.
De Courcy | De Courcy
+---------------------------+ +-------+-------+
| | | |
| | | |
---- Vernon === Lady Susan Charles === Catherine V. Reginald
ELDEST SON | (About 35 Vernon | née De Courcy De Courcy
Died recently | years old) | ELDEST SON
| |
| |
Frederica Susanna Vernon several
(16 years old) children
This must be because she is the daughter of a high-ranking nobleman (Earl
or higher), like Lady
Catherine in Pride and
Prejudice. See
the explanation of such aristocratic honorifics.
Legalities
of Marriage.)
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