Mitford modeled her characters on her own famously unconventional family. “ … A classic comedy about growing up and falling in love among the privileged and eccentric.
Knopf edition of The Pursuit of Love summed it up as follows: This well-received three-part series revitalized interest in Mitford’s work, much as earlier adaptations of Love in a Cold Climate had done. The Pursuit of Love sold two hundred thousand copies within the first year, making Nancy Mitford financially independent for the first time in her life.Īdapted as a television miniseries in 2021, The Pursuit of Love marked the directorial debut of Emily Mortimer (who also had the role of Fanny’s mother, “the Bolter”). The first of what was to become a trilogy, it was followed by Love in a Cold Climate (1949 arguably the best known of her many works) and Don’t Tell Alfred (1960).
The Pursuit of Love (1945) was British author Nancy Mitford’s fifth novel, and her first breakout success.
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