juvenilia

Juvenilia: an introduction via Jane Austen, the Brontës and others

Curriculum· — Juvenilia is the name given to creative work produced by recognized authors and artists when they were children and young adults. The late eighteenth and early nineteenth century was a...

Young Writers of the past: The Young Visiters [sic], or Mr. Salteena’s Plan (1919) by Daisy Ashford, age 8-9

Editorial·William Rubel — The Young Visiters sold 300,000 copies in 1919! And that was just in Britain! The introduction to The Young Visiters was written by J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan. In...

Writing Activity: novels in the form of letters, inspired by Jane Austen’s childhood writing

Curriculum· — Jane Austen (1775-1817) is one of the the greatest novelists to have written in English. Her novels are still widely read and have been adapted into movies and television series. Jane...