![]() ![]() While this version may not appeal to Jane Austen purists, I found it intriguing and immensely readable. They contain, among other works, Love and Freindship, written when she was 14, and The History of England, written at 15. These still exist, one in the Bodleian Library and the other two in the British Museum. ![]() While aged 1118, Austen wrote her tales in three notebooks. Ms Andrews has kept the humour and enjoyment of the absurd, while bringing in modern concepts and ideas, and a changed ending. Love and Freindship is a juvenile story by Jane Austen, dated 1790. The book also includes the original Austen version, with uncorrected spellings, which enables the reader to compare the two versions. It was interesting to see how her later novels are founded in this. While familiar with Jane Austen’s classic work, I had no knowledge of this early work. There is love at first sight, exaggerated sentiment, and a complete disregard for the feelings of others. Love and Friendship was written when Jane Austen was in her early teens. They encounter Isabel’s old friend, Laura Lindsay, who gives Isabel a journal for Marianne to read. Updated by Beth Andrews, the story follows Isabel and her daughter, Marianne, when they attend the theatre in Bury St. Love and Friendship was written when Jane Austen was 14 and foreshadows the conflict between moral obligation and individual desire which permeates many of her more well-known books. ![]()
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