Jane Austen by Jane Odiwe Jane Austen was writing from a very early age. Her family kept some of her early pieces, one of which was this comic 'novel' believed to have been written between the years 1787-90, when Jane was aged between 12 and 15 years old. I think it really illustrates well her sense of humour which was to become integral to her writing later on. THE BEAUTIFULL CASSANDRA A NOVEL IN TWELVE CHAPTERS Dedicated by permission to Miss Austen. Dedication: MADAM You are a Phoenix. Your taste is refined, your Sentiments are noble, & your Virtues innumerable. Your Person is lovely, your Figure, elegant, & your Form, magestic. Your Manners are polished, your Conversation is rational & your appearance singular. If, therefore, the following Tale will afford one moment's amusement to you, every wish will be gratified of Your most obedient humble servant THE AUTHOR CHAPTER THE FIRST CASSANDRA was the Daughter & the only Daughter of a...