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The Blessing

By Nancy Mitford

By Nancy Mitford

By Nancy Mitford

By Nancy Mitford

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Aug 10, 2010 | ISBN 9780307740830

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    About The Blessing

    The Blessing is one of Nancy Mitford’s most personal books, a wickedly funny story that asks whether love can survive the clash of cultures.

    When Grace Allingham, a naïve young Englishwoman, goes to live in France with her dashingly aristocratic husband Charles-Edouard, she finds herself overwhelmed by the bewilderingly foreign cuisine and the shockingly decadent manners and mores of the French. But it is the discovery of her husband’s French notion of marriage—which includes a permanent mistress and a string of casual affairs—that sends Grace packing back to London with their “blessing,” young Sigismond, in tow.

    While others urge the couple to reconcile, little Sigi—convinced that it will improve his chances of being spoiled—applies all his juvenile cunning to keeping his parents apart. Drawing on her own years in Paris and her long affair with a Frenchman, Mitford elevates cultural and romantic misunderstandings to the heights of comedy.

    About The Blessing

    The Blessing is one of Nancy Mitford’s most personal books, a wickedly funny story that asks whether love can survive the clash of cultures.

    When Grace Allingham, a naïve young Englishwoman, goes to live in France with her dashingly aristocratic husband Charles-Edouard, she finds herself overwhelmed by the bewilderingly foreign cuisine and the shockingly decadent manners and mores of the French. But it is the discovery of her husband’s French notion of marriage—which includes a permanent mistress and a string of casual affairs—that sends Grace packing back to London with their “blessing,” young Sigismond, in tow.

    While others urge the couple to reconcile, little Sigi—convinced that it will improve his chances of being spoiled—applies all his juvenile cunning to keeping his parents apart. Drawing on her own years in Paris and her long affair with a Frenchman, Mitford elevates cultural and romantic misunderstandings to the heights of comedy.

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    About Nancy Mitford

    NANCY MITFORD (1904–1973) was the eldest daughter of Lord Redesdale. She grew up with her five sisters and one brother on the family estate. A beauty and a wit, she became one of the “bright young things” of the 1920s,… More about Nancy Mitford

    About Nancy Mitford

    NANCY MITFORD (1904–1973) was the eldest daughter of Lord Redesdale. She grew up with her five sisters and one brother on the family estate. A beauty and a wit, she became one of the “bright young things” of the 1920s,… More about Nancy Mitford

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $15.95
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 10, 2010 | 256 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307740830

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 10, 2010 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9780307741387

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    Praise

    “A refreshment to the mind and the spirit. . . . Cunningly constructed, artfully written, and divinely farcical.” —The New York Times Book Review

    “Mitford tells her story with much wit, intelligence, and polish.” —The Times (London)
     
    “Deliciously funny.” ­—Evelyn Waugh
     

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