Love and Freindship (Austen - Penguin HC ed.)

Author: Jane Austen

ISBN: 9780140433340

Binding: hardcover, clothbound

Section: Fiction

Keyword: Friendship

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.

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. This edition includes all of Austen’s juvenilia, including her “History of England” and the novella Lady Susan. With a title that captures a young Austen’s original idiosyncratic spelling habits and an introduction by Christine Alexander, this is a must-have for any Austen lover.