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Love and freindship and other youthful writings, Jane Austen ; edited and with an introduction and notes by Christine Alexander

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Includes bibliographical references (pages liii-lvii)

illustrations

no index present

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Love and freindship and other youthful writings

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Jane Austen ; edited and with an introduction and notes by Christine Alexander

Penguin classics

Jane Austen's earliest writing dates from when she was just eleven years, and already shows the hallmarks of her mature work: wit, acute insight into human folly, and a preoccupation with manners, morals and money. But it is also a product of the eighteenth century 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. Drunken heroines, babies who bite off their mother's fingers, and a letter-writer who has murdered her whole family all feature in these very funny pieces. 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. Taken together, they offer a fascinating - and often surprising - insight into the early Austen

Love and friendship and other youthful writings