Books with title Juvenilia – Volume II

Before, Pride and Prejudice, before, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion, and the host of other novels by the brilliant and beloved Jane Austen, there was, Juvenilia. These three volumes, an exact re-printing of three notebooks filled with plays and short stories written by Jane through her childhood, are a delightful journey into how one of the most well-known female authors of classic literature came to be.

Before, Pride and Prejudice, before, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion, and the host of other novels by the brilliant and beloved Jane Austen, there was, Juvenilia. These three volumes, an exact re-printing of three notebooks filled with plays and short stories written by Jane through her childhood, are a delightful journey into how one of the most well-known female authors of classic literature came to be.

Their most striking similarity was that both produced a considerable body of juvenilia. For both authors this was a period in which to experiment and to develop character and style. Their work moved in very different directions: in her first short burlesques, Jane Austen exhibits a merciless wit as she lampoons human vanities and vices, later sharpened in 'The Three Sisters' and 'Catherine' to reveal a maturer moral perspective. Charlotte Bronte's appetite was for romantic adventure and, with her brother Branwell, she created the fabulous kingdom of Angria. Yet the prevailing interests of her novels - a concern with the psychological intricacies of her characters' relationships and a desire to explore the forms of human passion - are already apparent. As Frances Beer comments in her Introduction, 'both sets of juvenilia provide us with an extraordinary opportunity to watch the growth and coalescence of the creative consciousness'.

Perhaps as early as 1787, Austen began to write poems, stories, and plays for her own and her family's amusement. Austen later compiled "fair copies" of these early works into three bound notebooks, now referred to as the "Juvenilia," containing pieces originally written between 1787 and 1793.The 3rd volume of juvenilia includes: * Evelyn * Catharine

Perhaps as early as 1787, Austen began to write poems, stories, and plays for her own and her family's amusement. Austen later compiled "fair copies" these early works into three bound notebooks, now referred to as the "Juvenilia," containing pieces originally written between 1787 and 1793. (from Wikipedia).The 2nd volume of juvenilia includes:* Love and Freindship* Lesley Castle* The History of England* A Collection of Letters* Scraps (The Female Philosopher, The First Act of a Comedy, A Letter from a Young Lady, A Tour through Wales, A Tale).Cover image:Back View of Jane Austen, Watercolorby Cassandra Austenfrom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CassandraAusten-JaneAustenBackView%281804%29.jpg

Perhaps as early as 1787, Austen began to write poems, stories, and plays for her own and her family's amusement. Austen later compiled "fair copies" of these early works into three bound notebooks, now referred to as the "Juvenilia," containing pieces originally written between 1787 and 1793. (from Wikipedia).The 1st volume of juvenilia includes:* Frederic & Elfrida* Jack & Alice* Edgar & Emma* Henry and Eliza* The Adventures of Mr. Harley* Sir William Mountague* Memoirs of Mr. Clifford* The Beautifull Cassandra* Amelia Webster* The Visit* The Mystery* The Three Sisters* Detached Pieces (A Fragment, A beautiful description, The generous Curate, Ode to Pity).

Letter the 1st, Isabel to LauraHow often, in answer to my repeated intreaties that you would give my Daughter a regular detail of the Misfortunes and Adventures of your Life, have you said "No, my freind never will I comply with your request till I may be no longer in Danger of again experiencing such dreadful ones."Surely that time is now at hand. You are this day 55. If a woman may ever be said to be in safety from the determined Perseverance of disagreeable Lovers and the cruel Persecutions of obstinate Fathers, surely it must be at such a time of Life.IsabelLetter the 2nd, Laura to IsabelAltho' I cannot agree with you in supposing that I shall never again be exposed to Misfortunes as unmerited as those I have already experienced, yet to avoid the imputation of Obstinacy or ill-nature, I will gratify the curiosity of your daughter; and may the fortitude with which I have suffered the many afflictions of my past Life, prove to her a useful lesson for the support of those which may befall her in her own.Laura

Perhaps as early as 1787, Austen began to write poems, stories, and plays for her own and her family's amusement. Austen later compiled "fair copies" of these early works into three bound notebooks, now referred to as the "Juvenilia," containing pieces originally written between 1787 and 1793. The 1st volume of juvenilia includes: * Frederic & Elfrida * Jack & Alice * Edgar & Emma * Henry and Eliza * The Adventures of Mr. Harley * Sir William Mountague * Memoirs of Mr. Clifford * The Beautifull Cassandra * Amelia Webster * The Visit * The Mystery * The Three Sisters * Detached Pieces (A Fragment, A beautiful description, The generous Curate, Ode to Pity).