{"product_id":"the-beautifull-cassandra-a-novel-in-twelve-chapters-paperback","title":"The Beautifull Cassandra: A Novel in Twelve Chapters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClaudia L. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by), \u003cb\u003eLeon Steinmetz\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Jane Austen's most charming youthful \"novels\"-in-miniature--presented in a deluxe illustrated edition that will delight all Austen fans\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost people think Jane Austen wrote only six novels. Fortunately for us, she wrote several others, though very short ones, while still a young girl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAusten was only twelve or thirteen when she wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Beautifull Cassandra\u003c\/i\u003e, an irreverent and humorous little masterpiece. Weighing in at 465 occasionally misspelled words, it is a complete and perfect novel-in-miniature, made up of a dedication to her older sister Cassandra and twelve chapters, each consisting of a sentence or two. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrating the slightly criminal adventures of the sixteen-year-old title character, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautifull Cassandra\u003c\/i\u003e gives us Austen's most irrepressible heroine, who, after stealing a hat, leaves her mother's shop to flounce around London, eating ice cream (without paying), taking coach rides (without paying), and encountering handsome young ladies and gentlemen (without speaking)--all to return home hours later with whispered joy: \"This is a day well spent.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis charming edition features elegant and edgy watercolor drawings by Leon Steinmetz and is edited by leading Austen scholar Claudia L. Johnson. In her illuminating afterword, Johnson calls \u003ci\u003eThe Beautifull Cassandra\u003c\/i\u003e \"among the most brilliant and polished\" of Austen's youthful writings--a precocious work written for the amusement of her family but already anticipating her mature irony, sense of the absurd, gift for parody, and, above all, stylistic mastery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is a marvelous edition of a literary treasure that is sure to delight.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/b\u003e would go on to write other novels. \u003cb\u003eClaudia L. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is the Murray Professor of English Literature at Princeton University. \u003cb\u003eLeon Steinmetz\u003c\/b\u003e is an American artist whose work appears in major museums in the United States and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 6.5 x 8.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 11, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757000720672,"sku":"9780691181530","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0eff814346a6e7701beeb9e7391828f3.webp?v=1780091346","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-beautifull-cassandra-a-novel-in-twelve-chapters-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}