Catharine and Other Writings

This new collection of Austen's brilliant short fiction is the first annotated edition of her short writings. The texts have been compared with the manuscripts to give a number of new readings. In addition to prose fiction and prayers, this collection contains many of her poems written to amuse and console her friends, and are unavailable in any other single volume. Including: 'Fredric and Elfrida', 'Jack and Alice', 'Edgar and Emma', 'Henry and Eliza', 'The Adventures of Mr Harley', 'Sir William Mountague', 'Memoirs of Mr Clifford', 'The Beautifull Cassandra', 'Amelia Webster', 'The Visit', 'The Mystery', 'The Three Sisters', 'Detached pieces', 'Love and Freindship', 'Lesley Castle', 'The History of England', 'A Collection of Letters', 'Scraps', 'Evelyn', 'Catharine', 'Plan of a Novel, according to hints from various quarters', 'Verses' and 'Prayers'.