{"product_id":"love-and-freindship-and-other-youthful-writings-penguin-classics-hardcover-9780141395111","title":"Love and Freindship And Other Youthful Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAusten’s hilarious early stories and sketches—complete with her delightfully quirky spelling habits—now collected in one volume, including \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLady Susan\u003c\/i\u003e, the basis for Whit Stillman's feature film \u003ci\u003eLove and Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane 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 “\u003ci\u003eHistory of England\u003c\/i\u003e” - written by a 'partial, prejudiced and ignorant Histor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpirited, easy, full of fun, verging with freedom upon sheer nonsense . . . At fifteen she had few illusions about other people and none about herself -- Virginia Woolf\u003cbr\u003e[Her] inspiration was the inspiration of Gargantua and of Pickwick; it was the gigantic inspiration of laughter -- G. K. Chesterton\u003cbr\u003eA superb new reader's edition of Austen's complete juvenilia ... based upon a careful study of the original manuscripts and including an excellent introduction * The Jane Austen Society of North America *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732483846487,"sku":"9780141395111","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141395111.jpg?v=1719997083","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/love-and-freindship-and-other-youthful-writings-penguin-classics-hardcover-9780141395111","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}