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Jul 30, 2008 07:29PM

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I've not read it, but I've read a lot about it in articles in JASNA's online journal. I think, included in her juvenilia, is her 'history' of England too. It is my understanding that she loved to write little stories as a child and then read them to her family. My fondest wish is that Ms. Austen could have survived to a ripe old age, writing her wonderful fiction the entire time. Cheers! Chris
Thanks, Chris! I second that wish.


Ohh, Lady Susan is a viciously clever novella! Clearly, one of Austen's most dastardly villains. It is written in the epistolary style too, which makes for a different reading experience. Have fun with Lady Susan, Kim! Cheers! Chris




Lady Vernon and Her Daughter, a novel of Jane Austen's "Lady Susan
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I read Love and Freindship in my Jane Austen class in college and LOVED it! It is so funny! XD I have also read all of her unfinished fragments ( Sandition, The Watsons, and Lady Susan)-- but it has been awhile and I would love to read them again. Perhaps our next group read?
Rachel wrote: "I read Love and Freindship in my Jane Austen class in college and LOVED it! It is so funny! XD I have also read all of her unfinished fragments ( Sandition, The Watsons, and Lady Susan)-- but it ha..."
Sarah and I were just discussing the same thing today! :) We'll be posting about it soon.
Sarah and I were just discussing the same thing today! :) We'll be posting about it soon.

Though when reading her juvenilia, what I noticed that while "Catherine, or The Bower" is incomplete and probably uncompletable - she had boxed herself into a situation where she would needed a deus ex machina to solve the problems posed -- it still showed the great maturity that would mark the novels.


I happen to really love "Lady Susan," as well as Jane's earlier works. We all read Jane for different reasons, and I definitely love the romantic parts (Lizzy & Darcy, Anne & Captain Wentworth ... sigh...) but I also really love her villains, and "Lady Susan" is an exquisite one.
In her early works, Jane is also much wilder. The wit is definitely there, but it is much less restrained, for better and for worse. She has always been more of a 18th century writer than a 19th century writer, and that is even more evident in the spirit of her earlier works.

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Love and Freindship (other topics)