Love and Freindship

By Austen, Jane

Book Id: WPLBN0002950385
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File Size: 33.48 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Love and Freindship
Author:	Austen, Jane
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Epistolary fiction, Humor
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Love and Freindship
Historic Publication Date:	1790
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Austen, B. J. (1790). Love and Freindship. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Love and Freindship [sic] is a juvenile story by Jane Austen, dated 1790, when Austen was 14 years old. Love and Freindship (the misspelling is one of many in the story) is clearly a parody of romantic novels Austen read as a child. This is clear even from the subtitle, Deceived in Freindship and Betrayed in Love, which neatly undercuts the title. Written in epistolary form, it resembles a fairy tale as much as anything else, featuring wild coincidences and turns of fortune, but Austen is determined to lampoon the conventions of romantic stories, right down to the utter failure of romantic fainting spells, which always turn out dreadfully for the female characters. In this story one can see the development of Austen's sharp wit and disdain for romantic sensibility, so characteristic of her later novels. Summary revised from Wikipedia by Cori Samuel. Music from Schubert's Fantasy in C Major , at http://www.musopen.com/view.php?type=piece&id=141 musopen.org .

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Epistolary fiction, Humor, Satire, Romance, Teen/Young adult