LOVE AND FREINDSHIP, J. AustenAustens hilarious early stories and sketchescomplete with her delightfully quirky spelling habitsnow collected in one gorgeous clothbound volume Jane Austens earliest writing dates from when she was just eleven years old, and already shows the hallmarks of her mature work. But it is also a product of the times in which she grew updark, grotesque, often surprisingly bawdy, and a far cry from the polished, sparkling novels of manners for which she