Juvenilia & Minor Works

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The Juvenilia:  Which works are designated as Austen’s Juvenilia? See Cambridge University Press for background.

The History of England – the British Library features online images of the original Austen document!  Transcription and even an audio option is available.  The audio gives background on the Juvenilia (see the Introduction), as well as a lively reading of the text. Delightful pictures drawn and painted by Cassandra Austen.

Love & Freindship and Other Early Works (also includes: Lesley Castle, The History of England, Collection of Letters, Scraps) – this online edition includes a preface by G.K. Chesterton (1922).

 

The Minor Works: Which works are designated as Austen’s Minor Works? See Cambridge University Press for background.

Lady Susan – as printed in the Memoir.

The Watsons – as printed in the Memoir; from Internet Archive (1923).

Sanditon – Austen’s incomplete manuscript.

 

Minor Works links:

Discover the ‘rediscovery’ of “Young Jane’s Joke,” her play Sir Charles Grandison.

For a complete reading of Samuel Richardson’s The History of Sir Charles Grandison, reportedly Austen’s favorite book, look for the 7-volumes online at Google Books or at Internet Archive.