Written in a series of letters to the daughter of a friend, Love and Friendship tells of a young girls path to betrayal, by way of a seemingly ecstatic marriage. It is accompanied by The Three Sisters, another expertly crafted epistolary novel. When a noble youth arrives unannounced to request the hand of the matchless Laura, it seems their future is one of contentment and blissthat is until his family learn of the marriage and, one by one, reject the new bride. Such begins the series of unspeakable events that make up Lauras lot in life. But tragedy and comedy here go hand in hand as Austen delivers a stringent satire on drawing-room society, brilliantly heralding her later masterpieces.