With a title that captures a young Austen’s original idiosyncratic spelling habits and an introduction by Christine Alexander that shows how Austen was self-consciously fashioning herself as a writer from an early age, this is a must-have for any Austen lover. Jane Austens brilliant, hilarious and often outrageous early stories, sketches and pieces of. This edition includes all of Austen’s juvenilia, including her “ History of England” – written by a ‘partial, prejudiced and ignorant Historian and the novella Lady Susan, in which the anti-heroine schemes and cheats her way through high society. Love & Freindship (Clothbound Classic Edition). Drunken heroines, babies who bite off their mothers’ fingers, and a letter-writer who has murdered her whole family all feature in these highly spirited pieces. Love and Freindship by Jane Austen 8,139 ratings, 3.52 average rating, 748 reviews Open Preview Love and Freindship Quotes Showing 1-14 of 14 The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.

Written as a series of letters, 'Love and Friendship' is a delicious romp through the highs and lows of a young girl's lot in life and a precursor of Austen's later works of genius. But it is also a product of the times in which she grew up-dark, grotesque, often surprisingly bawdy, and a far cry from the polished, sparkling novels of manners for which she became famous. Tragedy and comedy here go hand in hand as a very foolish young heroine is placed at the centre of Jane Austen's early satire on drawing-room society. Yablon archive of Brontë ephemera Īusten’s hilarious early stories and sketches-complete with her delightfully quirky spelling habits-now collected in one volume, including Lady Susan, the basis for Whit Stillman’s feature film Love and Friendship starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny.Jane Austen’s earliest writing dates from when she was just eleven-years-old, and already shows the hallmarks of her mature work.

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