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JANE AUSTEN'S WORKS

JUVENILIA

VOLUME THE FIRST, VOLUME THE SECOND, VOLUME THE THIRD

Jane Austen's first literary efforts date from 1787, when she was almost twelve years old, and continue until 1793 or so, when she was nearly eighteen. Two of the juvenile works that bear commentary in their own right—Love and Freindship [sic] and Sir Charles Grandison—are discussed below. One other, The History of England, is a minor masterpiece of a sort, compressing centuries of English history into an uproarious synopsis of monarchs and their foibles. Other early writings, such as Lady Susan and The Watsons, more properly belong to Austen's minor works and are discussed in that section.

Austen divided her earliest works into three volumes and made fair copies of them. She continued to correct and revise these volumes until 1809. She never intended to publish them—they were strictly written for family...

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1. Introduction
2. Chronology
3. About Jane Austen
4. Jane Austen At Work
5. Jane Austen's Era
6. Jane Austen's Works
7. Jane Austen As Studied
8. Copyright

1. Jane Austen