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Love and Friendship
Jane Austen
foreword by Fay Weldon
“‘My life! My soul!’ exclaimed the former. ‘My adorable angel!’ replied the latter, as they flew into each other’s arms. It was too pathetic for the feelings of Sophia and myself. We fainted alternatively on a sofa.”
Imagine Jane Austen chuckling at her desk, subjecting her poor heroine to unspeakable events in this biting social satire. Love and Friendship is one of her earliest efforts, written as a series of letters to the daughter of a friend. This is the only single-volume edition available and it includes The Three Sisters, another experiment with the epistolary novel.
Jane Austen (1775–1817) is one of the best-loved novelists of all time and the author of Pride and Prejudice and Emma. Fay Weldon is a social satirist whose works include The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil and, most recently, The Bulgari Connection.
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