{"product_id":"9781473639836","title":"Love \u0026 Friendship : In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon is Entirely Vindicated - Now a Whit Stillman film","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Stillman, Whit\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 19 May 2016 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton General Division (Two Roads).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e220 x 145 | 428g\u003cp\u003e*NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING KATE BECKINSALE, CHLOE SEVIGNY AND STEPHEN FRY*With a pitch-perfect Austenian sensibility and wry social commentary, filmmaker and writer Whit Stillman cleverly re-imagines and completes one of our greatest writers' unfinished works. Love \u0026amp; Friendship is a sharp comedy of manners, and a fiendishly funny treat for Austen and Stillman fans alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'IF, LIKE ME, YOU LIKE YOUR AUSTEN SUBVERSIVE, CRUEL, FUNNY AND OUTRAGEOUS, THEN YOU WILL LOVE STILLMAN'S LOVE \u0026amp; FRIENDSHIP' The Times'LADY SUSAN IS FINALLY GETTING SOME LONG OVERDUE RESPECT' New York Times'LADY SUSAN REMAINS DELICIOUSLY WICKED' VoguePRAISE FOR LOVE \u0026amp; FRIENDSHIP - THE FILM'A RACY DELIGHT' Guardian *****'FIND ME A FUNNIER SCREEN STAB AT AUSTEN, AND I'M TEMPTED TO OFFER YOUR MONEY BACK PERSONALLY' Telegraph *****'TREMENDOUSLY WITTY' Independent *****'MAY JUST BE THE BEST JANE AUSTEN FILM EVER MADE' London Evening Standard *****JANE AUSTEN'S FUNNIEST NOVEL IS ALSO HER LEAST KNOWN - UNTIL NOW.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpossibly beautiful, disarmingly witty, and completely self-absorbed: meet Lady Susan Vernon, both the heart and the thorn of Love \u0026amp; Friendship. Recently widowed with a daughter who's coming of age as quickly as their funds are dwindling, Lady Susan makes it her mission to find them wealthy husbands - and fast. But when her attempts to secure their futures result only in the wrath of a prominent conquest's wife and the title of 'most accomplished coquette in England', Lady Susan must rethink her strategy. Unannounced, she arrives at her brother-in-law's country estate. Here she intends to take refuge - in no less than luxury, of course - from the colorful rumors trailing her, while finding another avenue to 'I do'. Before the scandalizing gossip can run its course, though, romantic triangles ensue. A SPECIAL EDITION FEATURING JANE AUSTEN'S ORIGINAL NOVELLA AS ANNOTATED BY THE NARRATOR.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stillman, Whit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50665597894840,"sku":"9781473639836","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781473639836.jpg?v=1734705234","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781473639836","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}