You need to know and love Nancy Mitford's "The Pursuit of Love" to really appreciate this very clever updating of the novel for the 2020s. Purists greeted last year’s television adaptation much as cat-owners might welcome a partially eviscerated mouse. Darling, it must be said, is all the better for Matthew and Sadie’s delight in one another: it makes the characters make sense. I actually snorted with laughter in several bits of it - particularly when Uncle Matthew and Davey get obsessed with Instagram. The Pursuit of Love has scarcely been out of print since initial publication, and is not yet out of copyright.

The story just sailed along, and I really enjoyed being in the company of the Radletts as silly as they all were. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. Linda's strict, former rock star father terrifies any potential suitors away, while her bohemian mother, wafting around in silver jewellery, answers Linda's urgent questions about love with upsettingly vivid allusions to animal husbandry. Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here.This book was apparently a retelling of ‘The Pursuit of Love’, which I hadn’t read and didn’t even know about when picking this up.

Delight the bookworm in your life with the gift of this hilarious and heartbreaking modern-day adaptation of Nancy Mitford's classic, The Pursuit of Happiness. His violently arbitrary, Nicky Haslam-style hatreds pepper the pages: enoki mushrooms, thin socks or open-mouthed Instagrammers. We have been a bold and influential voice in the church since 1888, standing up for traditional Catholic culture and values. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.Tony is still a very dull banker, Christian is a poet and Fabrice owns a few boutique hotels in Paris. Good-humoured, unpretentious and a bit eccentric, it's more like having a well-read friend than a subscription to a literary review. Her story is told by Fran, the cousin who had been sent to grow up with the Radletts when it became clear that her care-free mother couldn’t give her the stable childhood she needed. Okay readers, don’t judge me, we’ve all done it, but I requested this book solely on the basis of loving that simply gorgeous front cover.