In Her Own Hand

In Her Own HandForever immortalized as the author of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen actually produced her first books as a teenager. Taking their names from the inscriptions on their coversVolume the First, Volume the Second, and Volume the Thirdthese brilliant little collections include the stories, playlets, verses, and moral fragments she wrote likely from the ages of twelve to eighteen. As a young author, Jane Austen delighted in language, employing it with

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It also includes a new preface by the author and an updated bibliography