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Stillman Whit <1952-> |
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Titolo |
Love and friendship : in which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon is entirely vindicated / / Whit Stillman |
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New York, NY : , : Hachette Book Group, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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0-316-29413-6 |
0-316-29414-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (242 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Mothers and daughters |
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Widows |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Welcome -- Principal Personages -- Locales -- Genealogical Table -- Dedication -- Author's Preface -- Part One: The 9th Commandment -- A True Narrative of False-Witness -- Churchill Castle, the Autumn of 1794 -- A Short Note, an Interruption -- A Delightful Country Retreat, though Boring -- A Scarlet Gash in the Gold Room -- Mr. Reginald DeCourcy, Confounded -- A Perjurer's Tale -- December: Parklands -- "The Grand Affair of Education" -- Valuing Friendship Highly -- A Preposterous Situation-Entirely of Our Own Making -- A Family Matter -- The Very Unfair "Green Peas" Affair -- Sir James Martin Aids a Widow -- The "Stride of Faith" -- A Return to Parklands -- The Manwarings of Langford -- Parklands to London -- A Wedding -- Appendix: The True Account of Lady Susan Vernon, Her Life & Loves -- About the Author -- Also by Whit Stillman -- Praise for Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship -- Newsletters -- Table of Contents -- Copyright. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Widowed Lady Susan Vernon arrives unannounced at her brother-in-law's estate to escape from rumors about her circulating through society, and decides to find husbands for herself and her daughter, in an adaptation of Jane Austen's early unpublished work, "Lady Susan"; |
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and adapted into the film, Love & friendshp by Whit Stillman--Publisher. |
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