Love and FreindshipThis sparkling collection of Austen's early writingssome penned when she was just eleven years oldis playful, subversive, and shot through with wit. Jane Austen's brilliant, hilariousand often outrageousearly stories, sketches, and pieces of nonsense. Jane Austen's earliest writing dates from when she was just eleven years old and already shows the hallmarks of her mature work: wit, acute insight into human folly, and a preoccupation with manners,