Synopses & Reviews
This new collection of Austen's brilliant short fiction is the first annotated edition of her short writings. The texts have been compared with the manuscripts to give a number of new readings. In addition to prose fiction and prayers, this collection contains many of her poems written to amuse and console her friends, and are unavailable in any other single volume.
Review:
"An excellent collection and some of the these items have been hard to find in print."--Edna L. Steeves, University of Rhode Island
Synopsis:
Jane Austen began writing in her early teens, and filled three notebooks with her fiction. This collection of her earliest work reflects her interest in the novel as a genre and also presents many of her poems, written to console or amuse friends and rarely reprinted.
Description:
Includes bibliographical references.