Reviews

The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen: Volume VI: Minor Works by Robert William Chapman, Jane Austen

allie_hilleson's review against another edition

5.0

The History of England particularly was hilarious. 15 year old Jane Austen was very sarcastic and it was highly amusing.

lyricallit's review against another edition

will come back to these after rereading major works 

thetomatowriter's review against another edition

5.0

This might have been the only part of Jane Austen's work that I was missing (aside from her letters and the memoir written by J. E. Austen-Leigh). These were mostly little scraps of unfinished stories or finished stories that she wrote when she was a child. They were far from the best writing in the world, but it was so entertaining to read as a fan of Jane Austen, and to see her humor in the highly colorful stories she wrote at the age of 12. It was also interesting to see how dramatic and, at times, obscene they are, compared to the more proper, suitable for mass audiences stories that were eventually published and sold. I laughed through half this book and posted quotes all over social media. It's a delightful little treasure for a hardcore Austen fan.