Love_and_Friendship

作者：Jane Austen

播音：Cori Samuel

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更新：Love a nd Friendship.pdf

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LoveandFreindship[sic]isajuvenilestorybyJaneAusten,dated1790,whenAustenwas14yearsold.LoveandFreindship(themisspellingisoneofmanyinthestory)isclearlyaparodyofromanticnovelsAustenreadasachild.Thisisclearevenfromthesubtitle,"DeceivedinFreindshipandBetrayedinLove,"whichneatlyundercutsthetitle.Writteninepistolaryform,itresemblesafairytaleasmuchasanythingelse,featuringwildcoincidencesandturnsoffortune,butAustenisdeterminedtolampoontheconventionsofromanticstories,rightdowntotheutterfailureofromanticfaintingspells,whichalwaysturnoutdreadfullyforthefemalecharacters.InthisstoryonecanseethedevelopmentofAusten'ssharpwitanddisdainforromanticsensibility,socharacteristicofherlaternovels.