Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated

by Whit Stillman

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316294128
• ISBN13: 9780316294126
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"