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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 · 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).
10 de mai. de 2024 · Nancy Mitford strikes again with her one-two punch of devastating wit and affectionate warmth toward human foibles. This one is semi-autobiographical, and I truly admire the critical level of detachment with which she satirizes her own character, family, and relationships.
Há 15 horas · BRIEFLY IN ENGLISH. V. V. Ganeshananthan’s novel Brotherless Night is a compelling narrative set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war in the 1980s. . The story follows 16-year-old Sashikala “Sashi” Kulenthiren, who dreams of becoming a doctor amidst escalating violence between the Sinhalese government and Tamil fighte
Há 3 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.
12 de mai. de 2024 · I migliori libri di Nancy Mitford, consulta su QLibri le principali opere con le trame e le recensioni dei lettori con commenti su stile, contenuti e piacevolezza.
