Love and Freindship: And Other Youthful Writings Contributor(s): Austen, Jane (Author), Alexander, Christine (Editor), Alexander, Christine (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140433341 ISBN-13: 9780140433340 Publisher: Penguin Group
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2015 Click for more in this series: Penguin Classics |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2015376126 |
Series: Penguin Classics |
Physical Information: 1.61" H x 5.31" W x 8.2" L (1.40 lbs) 512 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: Austen's hilarious early stories and sketches--complete with her delightfully quirky spelling habits--now collected in one gorgeous clothbound volume, including Lady Susan, the basis for Whit Stillman's feature film Love and Friendship starring Kate Beckinsale and Chlo Sevigny Jane Austen's earliest writing dates from when she was just eleven-years-old, and already shows the hallmarks of her mature work. 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. 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. 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. 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. |
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