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20 de mai. de 2024 · The Pursuit of Love, novel written by Nancy Mitford, published in 1945. The Pursuit of Love and its sequel, Love in a Cold Climate, are thinly disguised autobiographical novels based on Mitford’s life and her outlandish upper-class family
4 de mai. de 2024 · Set in inter-war England, Mitford wittily and unflinchingly portrays the bizarre upbringing of the children of the Radlett family and how a lack of adequate education (formal or otherwise) for the daughters of the house leads to an unhealthy and disastrous obsession with the pursuit of love and romance.
Há 2 dias · Mary Grace recommends Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Climate.You can find Deborah’s author interviews on Books Q&A by Deborah Kalb, and Mary Grace’s adventures in the 1920s on her My Life 100 Years Ago.This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.
2 de mai. de 2024 · The New York Times bestselling author of The Six turns her eye to the iconic and enigmatic Nancy Mitford. Nancy Mitford was, in the words of her sister Lady Diana Mosley, “very complex.”
Há 3 dias · Look at the fix that Nancy Mitford got herself into when she dedicated The Pursuit of Love to her adored Gaston Palewski, the ‘Colonel’, the ally of de Gaulle whom she had met in London in 1942 and who, in the novel, is reimagined as the Duc de Sauveterre (the idealizing of the affair does not prevent it from being one of the most beautifully-realized love stories in fiction).
14 de mai. de 2024 · As the Nazis rise in power, novelist Nancy Mitford grows suspicious of her sisters' constant visits to Germany and the high-ranking fascist company they keep. When she overhears alarming conversations and uncovers disquieting documents, Nancy must make excruciating choices as Great Britain goes to war with Germany.
Há 4 dias · Nancy Mitford ( 1904-1973 ), la maggiore delle sei bellissime ed eccentriche figlie del barone Redesdale, scrive un romanzo che celebra l’ amore più importante della sua vita ( Gaston Palewski, comandante delle forze armate della Francia libera ) sotto le spoglie del seduttore Fabrice.
