The story is narrated by the Hon. Frances (fanny) Logan, who is the cousin of the Hon. Linda Alconleigh and it is her life that we see in 'the pursuit of love'. The Alconleigh family is the atypical eccentric, wild english lord and lady of the manor house family, whose enjoyments include child hunting each full moon and playing grammophone records very loud in the mornings.
THe second story revolves around The Hon. Polly Montdore who was born into extreme priviledge but marries her uncle (by marriage) disgracing her family and her name for happiness.
Both stories have been criticised as dull, trash novels masquerading as literature but i find them intriguing and engaging. They are the same as Brideshead revisited, although admittedly the prose is somewhat less literary. THey chart the same kind of world and the same kind of outsider looking in.
The tale of the mitford sisters is also very interesting, and many speculate that the world of Alconleigh and Fanny is taken directly from nancy's own life. She infamously had two sisters who defected to communism and fascim (one to HItler) and another who married very well, into the royal family itself.
Lola and I sometimes joke that we would have fitted right in with the mitford sisters. The funny thing is that people can really see us swanning around in Paris with our exalted lovers, making right fools of ourselves but being very, insanely happy at the same time.
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