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Teenage Writings - Jane Austen

Teenage Writings - Jane Austen

Brand: Oxford University Press   |   Status: Hết hàng
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"This is a very interesting read - it's really like being in Austen's younger mind. These texts have all been written for specific people, or dedicated to them. I don't believe she was writing for strangers here, and being able to read through all these short stories gives you a very different perspective on her as a writer. She's very humorous and, to us now, seemingly sarcastic and teasing. It's a far cry from the opinion some have of her being a wholly serious, drama-focused, realistic writer. It's a wonderful addition to any Austen researcher's library or to a Janeites' collection." - Amazon Customer Reviews

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Three notebooks of Jane Austen's early writings survive. The pieces probably date from 1786 or 1787, around the time that Jane, aged 11 or 12, and her older sister and collaborator Cassandra left school. By this point Austen was already an indiscriminate and precocious reader, devouring pulp fiction and classic literature alike; what she read, she soon began to imitate and parody.

Unlike many teenage writings then and now, these are not secret or agonized confessions entrusted to a private journal and for the writer's eyes alone. Rather, they are stories to be shared and admired by a named audience of family and friends. Devices and themes which appear subtly in Austen's later fiction run riot openly and exuberantly across the teenage page. Drunkenness, brawling, sexual misbehavior, theft, and even murder prevail. It is as if Lydia Bennett is the narrator.