Love & Friendship
In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon is Entirely Vindicated - Now a Whit Stillman film
$30.09
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
26 April 2017
Summary
THE NOVEL OF THE HIT INDIE FILM
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 AND FRIENDSHIP is a sharp comedy of manners, and a fiendishly funny treat for Austen and Stillman fans alike.
‘IF, LIKE ME, YOU LIKE YOUR AUSTEN SUBVERSIVE, CRUEL, FUNNY AND OUTRAGEOUS, THEN YOU WILL LOVE STILLMAN’S LOVE & …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473639867 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473639867 |
| Author: | Whit Stillman |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 26 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
Thank heaven for Whit Stillman and his reworking of Austen’s novella, Lady Susan… Stillman seamlessly interweaves the original text and his own words. There were moments when I was unsure which bits were Austen’s and which were Stillman’s… If, like me, you like your Austen subversive, cruel, funny and outrageous, then you will love Stillman’s Love & Friendship. - The Times
Stillman has immense fun playing the earnest, gullible narrator’s misconceptions against the machinations of an arch-manipulator in this witty, sly spoof - Mail on SundayAnyone expecting a straightforward novelisation of the film is actually going to find something far cleverer in their hands - BookanistaLady Susan is finally getting some long overdue respect… The book and film both showcase some of the sharpest lines from Austen’s overlooked work. - New York TimesFunny…. Lady Susan remains deliciously wicked - VoguePRAISE FOR LOVE & FRIENDSHIP - THE FILMA racy delight… What audacity, what elegance! Here is a hilariously self-aware period comedy polished to a brilliant sheen - Guardian ****Shows just how funny Jane Austen can be… It’s flat-out hilarious - find me a funnier screen stab at Austen, and I’m tempted to offer your money back personally - Telegraph ****A very dry and tremendously witty adaptation - Independent *****About The Author
Whit Stillman
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 later worked in book publishing and journalism. His first novel, The Last Days of Disco, With Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards, also derived from a film story.
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