Love and Freindship - Collins Classics
“Where, Edward in the name of wonder (said he) did you pick up this unmeaning gibberish? You have been studying Novels I suspect." Love and Freindship, 1790
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. This edition includes all of Austen's juvenilia, including her 'History of England' and the novella 'Lady Susan', in which the anti-heroine schemes and cheats her way through high society and in ‘Love and Freindship’, Austen paints a picture of a woman looking back on her extremely unfortunate life. Taken together, they offer a fascinating and surprising insight into the early writings of Jane Austen.
Note: The obvious misspelling of Friendship in the title may have been deliberate or due to Jane's youthful age when writing these works, maybe not foreseeing their eventual publication, dictionaries were also a new source of reference and infrequently used. It is Jane Austen's title and it lives on!
A Collins Classics complete and unabridged
Paperback 2020
288 pages
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