love and friendship and other early works

If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Each page is checked manually before printing. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint.

NO changes have been made to the original text. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine.

How we read has dramatically changed, and will continue to do so, making this volume of Jane Austen’s early work nostalgic in more ways than one.LeatherBound. Handling the book – holding its weight, feeling its texture, and marking a page with a ribbon – reminds me of how physical and active the reading experience can be. The book’s hardcover is wrapped in linen and there is a ribbon marker, both features gone from contemporary bookshelves. If therefore the following Tale will afford one moment’s amusement to you, every wish will be gratified for.” Your Manners are polished, your Conversation is rational and your appearance singular. Your Person is lovely, your Figure, elegant, and your Form, majestic. Your taste is refined, your Sentiments are noble, and your Virtues innumerable. The dedication I copy here in full because it is just beautiful: “The beautifull Cassandra” is a charming account of “a day well spent” and is dedicated to Jane’s beloved sister, her closest companion. Sir William Mountague falls in love with every woman he sees, and in “Memoirs of Mr Clifford,” Jane makes fun of the self-indulgent genre by running through the mundane details of a man and his travels from Bath to London. So far I’ve read three stories: “Sir William Mountague,” “Memoirs of Mr Clifford,” and “The beautifull Cassandra.” The stories are incredibly unique, full of imagination, and hilarious. Some of them are a mere two pages, so it is the ideal way to keep a little Austen in my life. I told myself I would move on from Austen after Persuasion, but I’m far too curious about such early work, so I’ve decided to scatter these stories over the next few months, reading a couple here and there.

“Effusions of Fancy by a very Young Lady Consisting of Tales in a Style entirely new.” Jane’s father is said to have given her the notebooks in which she wrote these stories, and inside the front cover of one of those notebooks, her father inscribed: Jane was a prolific young writer, proving to be one of those lucky people who discovers their passion early in life. Juvenilia is the work produced by an artist during his or her youth. Penguin Classics sent along Love and Friendship and Other Youthful Writings, a collection of Jane Austen’s juvenilia that I previously did not know existed.

Love and friendship and other early works