Lady Susan Vernon is scheming, manipulative, ethically compromised and endlessly resourceful, where her fortunes and romantic prospects are concerned. Yet her titular heroine is far more troublesome and difficult to like than Elizabeth Bennet or the Dashwood sisters. This smart, stylish period romp, set among the manor born in England in the late 18th century, deftly grapples with the morals and mores that occupied Austen in so many of her books. (Bernard Walsh/Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)įans of Jane Austen (“Pride and Prejudice,” “Emma,” “Sense and Sensibility”) who also happen to be fans of Whit Stillman (“Metropolitan,” “Barcelona,” “The Last Days of Disco”) will probably have only one question on seeing “Love & Friendship,” Stillman’s adaptation of Austen’s posthumously published novella “ Lady Susan.”
Kate Beckinsale, right, plays Lady Susan and Chloë Sevigny, left, plays her best friend, a rich American named Alicia, in Whit Stillman’s “Love & Friendship,” an adaptation of a Jane Austen novella.
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