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The Pursuit of Love
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The Pursuit of Love
Longing for love, obsessed with weddings and sex, Linda and her sisters and cousin Fanny are on the lookout for a perfect lover. But finding Mr Right is much harder than any of the sisters had thought. Linda must suffer marriage first to a stuffy Tory MP and then to a handsome and humourless communist, before finding real love in war-torn Paris...
The Pursuit of Loveis one of the funniest and sharpest novels about love and growing up ever written.
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Reissued on the 70th anniversary of its first publication by Hamish Hamilton
'Obsessed with sex!' said Jassy, 'there's nobody so obsessed as you, Linda. Why if I so much as look at a picture you say I'm a pygmalionist.'
In the end we got far more information out of a book called Ducks and Duck Breeding.
'Ducks can only copulate,' said Linda, after studying this for a while, 'in running water. Good luck to them.'
Oh the tedium of waiting to grow up! Longing for love, obsessed with weddings and sex, Linda and her sisters and cousin Fanny are on the lookout for the perfect lover. But finding Mr Right is much harder than any of the sisters thought. Linda must suffer marriage first to a stuffy Tory MP and then to a handsome and humourless communist before finding real love in war-torn Paris.
The Pursuit of Love is one of the funniest, sharpest novels about love and growing up ever written.
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Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love is often praised for its dazzling humour, which maintains an uplifting tone even amidst darker themes. Critics highlight its comic brilliance, intertwined with a subtle melancholy beneath its witty surface. The novel's exploration of laughter as a means to navigate life's challenges is celebrated, even as its portrayal of class and gender may challenge contemporary sensibilities.
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ISBN: 9780241974681
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 November 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Contributors:
- Introduction by Zoë Heller
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 162g
Pages: 224
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About the Author
Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) was born in London, the eldest child of the second Baron Redesdale. She had written four novels, including Wigs on the Green (1935), before the success of The Pursuit of Love in 1945, which she followed with Love in a Cold Climate (1949), The Blessing (1951) and Don't Tell Alfred (1960). She also wrote four works of biography. Nancy Mitford was awarded the CBE in 1972.
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