Love and Freindship is a juvenile story by Jane Austen, dated 1790, when Austen was 14 years old Love and Freindship (the misspelling is one of many in the story) is clearly a parody of romantic novels Austeабэщвn read as a child This is clear even from the subtitle, “Deceived in Freindship and Betrayed in Love,” which neatly undercuts the title.