{"product_id":"love-and-freindship-and-other-jane-austen-9781979574020","title":"Love and Freindship and Other Early Works: A Collection of Juvenile Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove and Freindship and other Early Works\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Collection of Juvenile Writings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy Jane Austen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in epistolary form like her later unpublished novella, Lady Susan, Love and Freindship is thought to be one of the tales she wrote for the amusement of her family. It was dedicated to her cousin Eliza de Feuillide, known as \"La Comtesse de Feuillide.\" The instalments, written as letters from the heroine Laura, to Marianne, the daughter of her friend Isabel, may have come about as nightly readings by the young Jane in the Austen home. 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 undercuts the title.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn form, the story resembles a fairy tale in featuring wild coincidences and turns of fortune, but Austen is determined to lampoon the conventions of romantic stories, down to the utter failure of romantic fainting spells, which always turn out badly for the female characters. The story shows the development of Austen's sharp wit and disdain for romantic sensibility, characteristic of her later novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Austen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1979574022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781979574020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.12d","brand":"Jane Austen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940532355327,"sku":"9781979574020","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e1f94513-092e-406b-8a31-261415cc0cd0.jpg?v=1681447736","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-and-freindship-and-other-jane-austen-9781979574020","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}