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Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated Hardcover – May 17, 2016

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A sharp comedy of manners, and a fiendishly funny treat for Jane Austen and Whit Stillman fans alike.

Impossibly beautiful, disarmingly witty, and completely self-absorbed: Meet Lady Susan Vernon, both the heart and the thorn of Love & 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.

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May 17, 2016
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5.88 x 1 x 8.63 inches
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0316294128
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978-0316294126
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PRAISE FOR LOVE & FRIENDSHIP: THE BOOK

"A postmodern confection [that's] very, very funny."--Penelope Green, New York Times

"In the ever-booming Austen spinoff industry, where paeans to Mr. Darcy are the norm, rewriting a work of the master's in the guise of one of her detractors makes for an eccentrically cheeky tribute."--Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker

"A merry comedy of pride, prejudice, and duplicity.... Silly, sly, eccentric characters and brisk chatter make for a diverting romp."--Kirkus Reviews

"Lady Susan is finally getting some long overdue respect."--Alexandra Alter,New York Times

"Witty and delightful."--BookPage

"Both quirky and hilarious."--Publishers Weekly

"Lady Susan remains deliciously wicked."--Julia Felsenthal, Vogue

"[A] delicately sincere inversion of Austen's amused irony.... Stillman's gravity comes from the way he both understands the terrors of social relations--the pursuit of love and friendship--and also admires all strategies in artifice that might soften these terrors, subvert the tyranny of misinterpretation, and restore a version of utopia."--Adam Thirlwell, New York Review of Books

"Show[s] a deep familiarity with [Austen's] life, work, and times."--Laura Miller,Slate

"Wickedly funny."--Holly Parmalee, Serendipity

"Stillman has a fine eye for social niceties."--Library Journal, Editor's Pick

"If you like your Austen subversive, cruel, funny and outrageous, then you will love Stillman's Love & Friendship."--Paula Byrne, The Times (UK)

"One of the classiest book-to-movie novelizations that's ever existed."--Rebecca Pahle, Film Journal International

PRAISE FOR LOVE & FRIENDSHIP:THE FILM

"A racy delight."--Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

"[A] fast, precise, and giddily dialectical costume romp.... Stillman captures the exquisite eroticism of high-society manners."--Richard Brody, New Yorker

"Delightfully droll.... Stillman so effortlessly, elegantly bridges the gap between his conniving aristocrats and Austen's that it's difficult to say where one's sensibility ends and the other's begins."--Kyle Smith, New York Post

"Flat-out hilarious -- find me a funnier screen stab at Austen, and I'm tempted to offer your money back personally."--Tim Robey, Telegraph

"A supremely elegant and delicately filigreed adaptation of Jane Austen's epistolary novella Lady Susan."--Justin Chang, Variety

"The perfect marriage between Stillman's absurdist wit and Austen's period manners."--Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline

"So clever in its repartee."―Flavorwire

About the Author

Whit Stillman -- winner of France's Prix Fitzgerald for his prior novel -- is the writer-director of five films, including Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco, Damsels in Distress, and Love & Friendship, a mendacious representation of this story. At university, he was an editor of the Harvard Crimson, and he later worked in book publishing and journalism. His first novel, The Last Days of Disco, With Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards, was also derived from a film story. Love & Friendship includes the full text of Jane Austen's Lady Susan.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition (May 17, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316294128
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316294126
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.88 x 1 x 8.63 inches

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James B. Casey

Satire and Humor instead of romance.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 9, 2016

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Clever satire rather than satisfying romance. Lady Susan is a recent widow with a teenage daughter. The widow is widely suspected of clever and immoral machinations designed to snare unsuspecting men (married and otherwise) into matrimony or indiscretions. That she succeeds spectacularly on all fronts despite justifying all of the negative gossip shows the power of marrying an immensely stupid man with 10,000 pounds per year. Readers of any Austen novel should also read Thomas Piketty's CAPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY for a better understanding of the importance of money in that era. The average income in Jane Austen's time was some 30 pounds per year. In those days a salary 10 times that in a highly successful profession --- say 300 pounds per year --- afforded a decent existence, but still grinding and uncomfortable without much in the way of carriages, horses, stables, servants, etc.. The only way for a large enough income to afford a "dignified existence" would be to inherit or marry big money (1,000 pounds per year and up). If a clever, adulterous woman succeeds in snaring a fortune, the whole world smiles at her virtue.

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which I really enjoyed. I'm a diehard Austen fan and have read ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 3, 2016

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This book wasn't exactly what I expected from reading the previous reviews. If I had to do it over, I'd just go see the movie, which I really enjoyed. I'm a diehard Austen fan and have read many (probably too many) variations and sequels. This one is very clever, but the style was a bit arch for my taste. I enjoyed re-reading the original more. I do like the new ending and think Jane would too if she were alive today. I think I'm mostly irked that I shelled out so much money for an ebook that was really quite short. It included the original Austen, but I could have gotten that for free. The matinee I caught for five bucks was a much better value.

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Sharon Stout

Haven't even finished reading this book -- but find it ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 12, 2016

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Haven't even finished reading this book -- but find it truly remarkable. A new Jane Austen, worthy of the original! Imagine that Mr. Collins undertook to rewrite Pride and Prejudice, attempting to rehabilitate his own reputation and that of Lady Catherine de Bough. That gives you an idea of the approach -- but the language is so lovely and the ironies so delicious! I have been laughing out loud, reading passages to my husband. My plan is to finish the book, re-read Jane Austen's unfinished Lady Susan -- and then return and re-read this one. Then I will press my copy on my most discerning friends ...

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Neha Patel

A Delightful Gem With Austen's Flare for Wit and Charm

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 20, 2016

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I bowled over laughing after reading every sentence written in this outstanding Austen re-creation! Whit Stillman is at his very best comical self with Love and Friendship, and I can very well imagine his book being applauded the world over for its ingenious and sparkling humor! Lady Susan Vernon is not vindicated at all, and therein lies the intelligent irony of this novel. Austen would be very proud! This book is a must-read for everyone who ever claimed to be a Janeite!

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Stilman is a genius.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 19, 2016

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loved the movie and the novelization... this has Austen's original and Stilman's screenplay... Pure genius.

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Disappointing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 11, 2017

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Went off the plot. Would not recommend by this author.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 27, 2016

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Loved the book. Bought the book after watching the movie. Book is always than the movie, but in this case, I enjoyed how they were able to portray the characters in the movie.

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Mary Milner

Amusing, but that's about it

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 13, 2016

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Considering that the main part of this was cribbed, I can't figure out why the author wasn't able to do more with his conceit. Luke not recommend this book.

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Helen

A more obscure Jane Austen

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 28, 2020

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Based on her early story Lady Susan. I found the movie and the book a bit confusing first time through due to the way the characters are introduced and it was a story I didn't remember though I probably did read the original at some time long ago. I found it helpful to write out all the character details - or you can pick these up from Wiki. Second time through, enjoyed it. A worthwhile addition to my collection of Austen dramatisations.

Elizabeth M. Holroyde

Clever. Captures the slightly stilted prose of the adolescent ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 17, 2016

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Clever. Captures the slightly stilted prose of the adolescent writer very well.

Maz

One Star

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 8, 2017

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Awful book don't bother buying it.

Daniel González Flores

I don't recommend it

Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on January 4, 2022

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"Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon is Entirely Vindicated" by filmmaker and novelist from United States Whit Stillman, it's a novel which is based upon "Lady Susan" by English writer Jane Austen.

I don't truly know why Mr. Stillman would want to make a new novel about his own existent film (I didn't like it at all, I do apologise for it.)

No novelties in here, the book. Let's say, I know Stillman admires Austen's work a lot; even in "Metropolitan" (1990) talks about it. Or if you revise some interviews with him, you can read how important is this writer for his work.

Nonetheless, I didn't like it. I consider it's so much better checking out the original material and about Whit Stillman's work...

I do believe after "The Last Days of Disco" (1998), he left everything around it. His trilogy compounded by the last one, "Metropolitan" (1990) and "Barcelona" (1994), gave everything of him in them.

I know he wrote more books based upon his own films, like Metropolitan... I don't know, what else he has to add to this creative life? This book disappointed me, as well as "Damsels in Distress" (2011), "The Cosmopolitans" (2014) which was a TV pilot for Amazon and well...

It's sufficient for me, thank you so much for reading me; reader, you have the last word.

Dallass

Underrated Austen

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on August 20, 2022

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Bought this as I wanted a stand alone copy of the book I could annotate. This was cheap (on sale for about $6) and has reasonably large text, so no squinting at the text in my future. It’s unlike her novels as the main character, Lady Susan, is as different from Emma, Fanny, Lizzie, Eleanor or Catherine as you could get. Think more along the lines of a Mary Crawford-esque type and you’ll in the ball park. A quick, fun read.

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