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CrowCAH
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quirkiecurls
Love and Friendship | Jane Austen
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Mehso-so

When I first read this book I truthfully was a bit disappointed with my dear Jane Austin and felt this wasn‘t her best work. Then I found out that she wrote it when she was only 14!!! I shall never doubt such a beloved author again. So is it amazing? No… but it is worth reading and is still impressive considering the age and experience of the author as this was also her first book. #52challenge

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Pickpick

Short collection of poems Carroll wrote for two of his younger siblings when he was 13.
Very entertaining and, as was remarked in the preface, you can see hints of what he writes later - like the story of Humpty-Dumpty. The poems originally all had illustrations done by Carroll himself, but only a handful of the drawings were included in this version, which is too bad.

Recommend if you feel like reading some cute and silly poetry 😛

7.5/10

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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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My lovely Clothbound Classic contains all 3 Volumes of Jane Austen's Juvenilia. I've finished Volume 1. Silly but oh so delightful. 📖📚🫖

Andrea313 This is so gorgeous! I absolutely need this! 😍 2y
Crinoline_Laphroaig @Andrea313 I love these editions. 2y
Nute Everything is working just right in this photograph! Thank you for sharing it. I am inconsistently collecting Penguin Clothbound Editions. They are beautiful books. 2y
Crinoline_Laphroaig @Nute Your Welcome! 😊 2y
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mamareading
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November is nearly here and I‘m ready to find out what I‘m reading next! #bookspin

Crazeedi You have a great list 2y
Crazeedi I've read 8 of them, cant wait to read Lincoln highway 2y
mamareading @Crazeedi everyone is raving about it!! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 2y
Crazeedi @mamareading his previous books were 5 stars!! 2y
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suvata
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Jane Austen wrote Love and Friendship (originally spelled Love and Freindship [sic]) when she was just 14 years old. The three notebooks that contain her early works, including this story, are currently on display at the Bodleian Library and the British Museum. Taking the form as letters written by the heroine to the daughter of her friend, this story resembles a fairy tale that lampoons the conventions of romantic stories at the time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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KVanRead
Love and Friendship | Jane Austen
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Well this was a RIOT! The funniest 20 pages I‘ve read in some time. Young Jane is having a blast sending up the sentimental 18th century novels —so much swooning, so much drama, so many outrageous coincidences. Very silly, but the emergence of a great wit is also very much in evidence.
#pemberlittens

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KVanRead
Love and Friendship | Jane Austen
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This short work is absolutely hysterical.
#pemberlittens

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KVanRead
Love and Friendship | Jane Austen
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Next up in Eng550: Jane Austen‘s Love and Freindship. Excited to take down a volume from last month‘s EBay find, the 1989 Folio Society Collected Works, and this is in the one volume I haven‘t already read! #summerschool #pemberlittens

LeahBergen This is the set I have. My favourite! 3y
sprainedbrain 🥰🥰🥰 3y
KVanRead @LeahBergen Yes, I‘ve admired yours for some time so when I saw this one pop up on EBay I had to have it. #LitsyMadeMeDoIt or should I say Leah, lol! 3y
LeahBergen I‘m so happy to be a bad influence here. 😆 I find that everything about these editions (binding, font, wood engravings) really suit Austen‘s novels, don‘t you? I don‘t like really modern editions of her work. 🤫 3y
KVanRead @LeahBergen Yes. They are just perfect 💗 3y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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#Pemberlittens I just took a visit to the Seashore. Jane Austen House Museum has put their Summer Exhibition Online.
https://janeaustens.house/jane-austen-on-holiday/ 💙💙💙💙💙
@sprainedbrain #allaboutausten

Lcsmcat Fun! Thanks for sharing 3y
sprainedbrain Oh how cool! Thank you! 3y
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