Whit Stillman

***THE NOVEL OF THE HIT INDIE FILM***If, like me, you like your Austen subversive, cruel, funny and outrageous, then you will love Stillmans Love & FriendshipThe TimesLady Susan is finally getting some long overdue respectNew York TimesLady Susan remains deliciously wickedVogueWith 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 & Friendship is a sharp comedy of manners, and a fiendishly funny treat for Austen and Stillman fans alike.JANE AUSTENS FUNNIEST NOVEL IS ALSO HER LEAST KNOWN - UNTIL NOW.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 whos 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 conquests wife and the title of most accomplished coquette in England, Lady Susan must rethink her strategy. Unannounced, she arrives at her brother-in-laws 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 AUSTENS ORIGINAL NOVELLA AS ANNOTATED BY THE NARRATOR.PRAISE FOR LOVE & FRIENDSHIP THE FILMA RACY DELIGHTGuardian *****FIND ME A FUNNIER SCREEN STAB AT AUSTEN, AND IM TEMPTED TO OFFER YOUR MONEY BACK PERSONALLYTelegraph *****TREMENDOUSLY WITTYIndependent *****MAY JUST BE THE BEST JANE AUSTEN FILM EVER MADELondon Evening Standard *****

Incrivelmente bela, surpreendentemente espirituosa e completamente devotada… aos próprios interesses: Conheça Lady Susan Vernon, a Alma e o Espinho de Amor & Amizade.Viúva, falida e mãe de Freder

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