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{FREE} Love and Freindship: and Other Youthful Writings LOVE AND FREINDSHIP: AND OTHER YOUTHFUL WRITINGS PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Jane Austen, Christine Alexander | 512 pages | 27 Jan 2015 | Penguin Books Ltd | 9780140433340 | English | London, United Kingdom ‘Emma’ updates Jane Austin’s youthful love story for a new audience – The Seahawk That's the beauty of conveyor. The poem delights the reader's heart. I, myself, feel on cloud nine after reading this As I think of our friendship, I begin to see Mere words can't describe what you mean to me. When this cold, hard world has me lonesome and blue, I look up to see my angel, my sweet angel, you. Read Complete Poem. I don't think this poem is just about platonic friendship but also about romantic couples who began with a foundation built on friendship then let it grow into something more beautiful. You're the thought that starts each morning, the conclusion to each day. I envision you in all that I do and everything I say. Now I have the perfect way to explain to my girlfriend how I feel about her. We met some months ago, and she has put a lot of smiles on my face. I love her so dearly. I need a friend who along with time can help my broken heart to mend. I need a friend who can lend me their ears, someone who can dry my face of the many fallen tears. I need a friend who can hold me tight, someone who won't let me go until made clear I am finally all right. I need a friend who has once cried, someone who knows what it is like to feel that inside you have died. It takes only a truly unique friend to understand our psyche and know how to comfort us. The poem tells us how to just be yourself when someone is just by your side to lend their shoulders You have become my closest friend. It's been just about a year, And you're the one I turn to When I'm down and need an ear. Friends are for secrets to share with them. Emma thinks she knows better, but little does she know the mess that she has created when playing cupid. She forgets that unlike her, Harriet has no one to fall back on and so Harriet feels the pressure of marriage sitting on her shoulders in ways Emma cannot even begin to understand. Knightley Johnny Flynn. All the pain she has caused people and the problems that could have been avoided if not for her lack of self-awareness. You see the easy happiness of Mrs. When Emma visits her, you can see how happy Mrs. There was not a drop of disappointment when it came to the brilliant acting of each and every character. Not an ounce of emotion ever felt held back and not a moment that did not fit perfectly with the other scenes. The comic relief was never too much and it did not pull away from the seriousness in each situation at hand. It is a balancing act that could go one way or the other. Emma and Jane Fairfax Amber Anderson are like mirror reflections of each other. Emma, who is rich, uses her wealth supposedly to help others and make up for the love that she admits she fears. Jane is poor, already accomplished and loved by all. She welcomes love and yet still fights to be better than Emma simply because they both have something the other wants. All the costumes were beautiful, eye-popping colors that really brought the film to life. Not just simply the clothing choice, but the colors that give the newer version life while the version is made more with elegance with simplicity. Whether it is with simple movements and shifts to show emotions without words, or simply the way the characters hold themselves in society. It is easy to identify the brilliance and humor of Jane Austen at an early age in these stories. Jane Likes to Narrate: A lot of these stories are heavy on the narrative side, often with very little portions of dialogue. It is interesting to see how many of her early works are epistolary works. Was it because she was very familiar with writing letters to her friends and siblings? Or perhaps because she enjoyed the act of telling stories both verbally and in print? Jane Likes to Spoof and Make Sport: A lot of what Jane Austen wrote in her early works can be traced back to or gives reference to a published work she read. She reminds one of the writers for Saturday Night Live, but instead of writing parodies about the latest news and events, she pens skits and satires about the latest novels and plots. Some stories break off without any resolution or satisfying closure. I loved the humor and the very opinionated stance Jane Austen took with some monarchs! Catharine, or the Bower — I enjoyed this longer work for its descriptive and imaginative characterizations — Jane Austen definitely has a love for ridiculous characters and their follies! Lady Susan — Ooh! Such an anti-heroine! Full of schemes and drama, I just love the candor that letter-writing allows! Definitely a tome to admire and treasure! Half of the jabs and jokes Jane Austen made would be way over my head without them. In addition, I found it interesting to learn what edits Jane Austen made on her own manuscript and to suppose the reason why such edits were made. And of course, I think including Lady Susan in this compilation is brilliant! And these earlier works by Jane Austen are definitely something every Jane Austen fan should read at least once. I love that Penguin Books included such a lovely volume in their eye-catching and elegant Hardcover Classics series! It will wonderfully complete my Jane Austen set! I discovered this little gem a few months ago and couldn't pass it up since it was Jane Austen! A compilation of stories, some finished and some not or at least they felt unfinished to me , some sent to family members for various reasons, others discovered after her death, and all a good deal of fun to read. Since most are pretty short, it was easy to read bits and pieces as the notion arose. Many of the stories are written in epistolary form as well and I really enjoyed that aspect of them. One can never go wrong with reading Austen, right? May 11, Heather Alderman rated it liked it. I love Jane Austen stories; however, this one was not outstanding. Yes, I knew going into it that it was a collection of short stories she wrote in her youth and her age and inexperience are very evident. Some of the stories were very sweet and others plain silly. I did love getting glimpses in her writing of the stories that were to come and see the beginning ideas for them. An enjoyable read for any Jane Austen fan, but don't expect the wonderfulness of Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Emma, I love Jane Austen stories; however, this one was not outstanding. An enjoyable read for any Jane Austen fan, but don't expect the wonderfulness of Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Emma, etc Not at all what I expected - having read almost all of Jane Austen's adult writing, I knew she was capable of a sly, subtle humour, but her juvenilia is not at all subtle, reading more like Monty Python skits than staid regency entertainment. I'm still gobsmacked by the premeditated malice she gives Lady Susan too; not at all what I expected, but a brilliant surprise. I can't say that this is one of my favorites of Austen's. It was very quick, and very short, and funny in an over-the-top way, but I find that I much prefer her subtlety. Considering how young she was when writing this though, it's pretty damn impressive. I'm so happy I got to discover this part of Jane Austen. I loved the stories, no matter how ridiculous, and often couldn't stop myself from laughing out loud. Jane Austen was truly brilliant, and these works make that ever the more obvious. Without a doubt this little collection makes me appreciate her and her famous works even more than I did before! Jan 03, Charlotte rated it really liked it. 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. Dec 30, Catherine rated it really liked it Shelves: build-something- better , stories. Hilarious, charming, revelatory, fun as hell. But we knew this. I haven't finished it, but I think I'll read Emma for awhile View 1 comment. When I studied Jane Austen at university I imagined her a middle-aged, strong -willed , intelligent woman who happened to live in the wrong age for her wish for independence and was quite angry for her unlucky fate. I thought her as proud as Elizabeth, as sensible and good mannered as Elinore, quite reserved and very generous like Anne Elliot. Anyhow, I got the image of the serious, reserved spinster feeling rather superior to many other women who had to come to a compromise with marriage. Reading her minor works, Lady Susan last summer and these Juvenilia this weekend gave me a new image of Jane Austen. That of a lively, open- minded, humorous young woman who loved laughing, reading, gossiping and being under the spotlight.
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