{"product_id":"9780141395111","title":"Love and Freindship: And Other Youthful Writings","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 Historian and the novella \u003ci\u003eLady Susan\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065243713776,"sku":"9780141395111","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141395111_p0.jpg?v=1763655408","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141395111","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}