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