Love and Freindship

1. Understand the common conventions of eighteenth-century sentimental novels first; the parody's exaggerations will be more apparent.
2. Treat it as an exercise rather than a mature novel, and notice how tone and plot are deliberately pushed to absurdity.
3. Read alongside other epistolary novels to observe how Austen borrows and dismantles genre conventions.
4. It is short; read it in one sitting to sustain the continuous feel of the ironic tone.

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