The Pursuit of Love
Paperback Published on: 07/06/2018
Price: £9.99
Synopsis
Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Loveis one of the funniest, sharpest novels about love and growing up ever written.
'He was the great love of her life you know.'
'Oh, dulling,' said my mother, sadly, 'One always thinks that. Every, every time.'
Longing for love, obsessed with weddings and let's not even mention the mysteries of sex, Linda and her sisters and cousin Fanny are on the hunt for the ideal lover. But finding the perfect match is much harder than any of the sisters had ever dreamed. Linda is first courted by a Tory MP and then becomes embroiled with a handsome but humourless communist, before she risks everything on a chance at real, head-over-heels love in war-torn Paris . . .
'Peerless' Zoe Heller
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241984079
- Number of pages: 224
- Dimensions: 180 x 112 x 15 mm
- Weight: 128g
- Languages: English
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Fiction or exaggerated biography?
One of the most interesting things about the novel The Pursuit of Love is that interesting feeling that all of this is well known, if you have ever read a... READ MORE
Brilliant!
Can't recommend this book highly enough. It's unputdownable!
Better than the TV show
I bought this after watching the adaptation on TV and it did not disappoint. This is the first Nancy Mitford novel I have read and it will not be the last.... READ MORE
Enjoyable and delightful
The recent TV series encouraged be to read this. A light hearted look at love and the English ruling classes between the wars. A gentle and witty satire on... READ MORE
Fun look into finding true love
I read this in anticipation of the BBC adaptation.
It's a witty and light-hearted, although cleverly insightful, look at young women trying to find love in... READ MORE