Evelyn and Amelia Webster

The Misadventures of Evelyn: A Jane Austen Short Story

Jane Austen, one of the nation’s most beloved authors, surely needs no introduction, but while many are familiar with her groundbreaking novels, few have come across the brilliantly funny short tales she wrote when young.

Showcasing one of the final works in Austen’s teenage years, and one of the only tales in which the narrative focuses on a man, ‘Evelyn’ is a short but powerful work in which we see the great writers’ s…