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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
it was such a pleasure and joy to read all of these stories!! her writing is as wonderful as her novels. really recommend it!!
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was fun to read a bit of Austen's juvenilia, especially getting peeks into names and character types that crop up later in more polished form in her finished novels. Honestly the titular epistolary story dragged on a bit for me, but my favorite section was her history of the monarchs of England - hilarious even without being entrenched in that culture and history. While these stories and scraps don't stand up much on their own, they are a great opportunity to see the young genius beginning to percolate, and a worthy read for die-hard Austen fans.
Young JA is so clever, sarcastic, and hilarious. One particular passage from Love and Freindship was so so funny. How does she do it? Some stories were better than others, to be fair. Lady Susan was also good, and, as suggested in the intro, reminiscent of Liaisons dangereuses (epistolary style, but also the theme of artfulness/dissimulation esp in women (Lady Susan).
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Charming, hilarious, witty; a number of amusing prototypes for Jane Austen's later characters and plots (Lady Greville is a delightful ur-Catherine de Bourgh, for one).
Honestly a very interesting insight into Jane Austen’s youthful mind and her growth as a writer but I don’t really have an interest in continuing