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'Juliet McMaster argues in this perceptive and hugely entertaining study that if you don't know the juvenilia, you don't know Austen. The Austen she shows us is the author of rowdy tales of exuberant, self-confident women elbowing their way through the marriage market; but while the characters themselves lack self-awareness, Austen herself is trying out voices, experimenting with parody, and testing the limits of her humor. For the reader of her mature novels, McMaster's expert awareness of the continuities and cul-de-sacs of this early writing can only enhance our enjoyment of Austen's comic styles and emergent seriousness.' Valerie Sanders, University of Hull, UK 'Juliet McMaster is so convincing that it now seems negligent for any book on Jane Austen not to include the juvenilia. Nuanced and comprehensive in its analysis and delightfully unapologetic in its vindication of Austen's early writings both for what they promise and for what they deliver, this book gives them the undivided attention they deserve. This book will appeal to a wide audience as it sheds light on not only Austen's juvenilia but also the art of illustrating and editing them. Many readers will welcome McMaster's argument that some of Austen's early texts can stand on their own. McMaster gives us a young satirist who was very funny, very well-read, and wise beyond her years.' Barbara K. Seeber, Brock University, Canada

'Juliet McMaster argues in this perceptive and hugely entertaining study that if you don't know the juvenilia, you don't know Austen. The Austen she shows us is the author of rowdy tales of exuberant, self-confident women elbowing their way through the marriage market; but while the characters themselves lack self-awareness, Austen herself is trying out voices, experimenting with parody, and testing the limits of her humor. For the reader of her mature novels, McMaster's expert awareness of the continuities and cul-de-sacs of this early writing can only enhance our enjoyment of Austen's comic styles and emergent seriousness.' Valerie Sanders, University of Hull, UK 'Juliet McMaster is so convincing that it now seems negligent for any book on Jane Austen not to include the juvenilia. Nuanced and comprehensive in its analysis and delightfully unapologetic in its vindication of Austen's early writings both for what they promise and for what they deliver, this book gives them the undivided attention they deserve. This book will appeal to a wide audience as it sheds light on not only Austen's juvenilia but also the art of illustrating and editing them. Many readers will welcome McMaster's argument that some of Austen's early texts can stand on their own. McMaster gives us a young satirist who was very funny, very well-read, and wise beyond her years.' Barbara K. Seeber, Brock University, Canada

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Juliet McMaster, FRSC, is Distinguished University Professor Emerita at the University of Alberta, Canada. She is the author of Jane Austen the Novelist and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen.

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