{"product_id":"the-pursuit-of-love-now-a-major-series-on-bbc-and-prime-video-directed-by-emily-mortimer-and-starring-lily-james-and-andrew-scott-9780241974681","title":"The Pursuit of Love: Now a major series on BBC and Prime Video directed by Emily Mortimer and starring Lily James and Andrew Scott","description":"\u003cp\u003eLonging 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...\u003c\/p\u003eReissued 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 look out 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 humorousless 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.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780241974681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 01 Feb 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.7(H)x12.9(L)x1.4(W)160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 160\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eNancy 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.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003eUtter\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eutter bliss\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003edazzling comic delight\u003c\/b\u003e * Fiona Wilson, The Times, Saturday Review *\u003cbr\u003eThe story's \u003cb\u003egenius lies in its wicked humour\u003c\/b\u003e, which remains \u003cb\u003erelentlessly uplifting\u003c\/b\u003e even as the Blitz begin to smash all the hopes of that pre-war arcadia * Olivia Laing, The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eToo \u003cb\u003espiky and intelligent\u003c\/b\u003e, I think, to qualify as an altogether cosy read [...] beneath the brittle surface of Mitford's wit there is \u003cb\u003esomething infinitely more melancholy at work\u003c\/b\u003e - something that is apt to snag you and pull you into its dark undertow when you are least expecting it * Zoë Heller, The Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eNancy Mitford taught the wonderful truth that \u003cb\u003elaughter can see you through the darkest hours\u003c\/b\u003e of your life * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eThe Millennial faint-hearted will be appalled by Mitford's depiction of class and gender. But Mitford's \u003cb\u003etriumph\u003c\/b\u003e is that, as the Radletts live and laugh and cry, \u003cb\u003ewe [cry] with them\u003c\/b\u003e * Julie Parsons, The Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eIn her novels Nancy mastered her life, making everyone who was different or difficult into figures of mirth, moving only among the aristocracy, and \u003cb\u003einfusing the world with a spirit of lazy, delightful romance\u003c\/b\u003e * Natasha Walter, The Independent *","brand":"Nancy Mitford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48717331267801,"sku":"9780241974681","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/91T7G9Cpj0L._SL1500.jpg?v=1779023401","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-pursuit-of-love-now-a-major-series-on-bbc-and-prime-video-directed-by-emily-mortimer-and-starring-lily-james-and-andrew-scott-9780241974681","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}