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Childhood at Alconleigh is scanty preparation for the realities of the outside world and Linda, sweetest and most aimless of the young Radletts, falls prey to a stuffy banker and a rabid communist before she finds her ideal in a Frenchman...
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Characters/People edit
- Linda Radlett: Add a description of this character.
- Fanny: Narrator
- Aunt Sadie
- Uncle Matthew: The patriarch of the Radlett family
- Fabrice, Duc de Sauveterre
- Aunt Emily: Fanny's adoptive mother
- Davey: Emily's hypochondriac husband
- Tony Kroesig: Linda's first husband
- Louisa Radlett
- Jassy Radlett
- Moira: Linda's ugly child named after Tony's late sister
- Juan
- The Bolter
- Alfred: Fanny's husband
- Christian
- Lavender Davis
- Lady Kroesig
- Lord Merlin: Eccentric neighbor of the Radlett family.
- Victoria Radlett
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- Alconleigh
- Paris
- Leicester
- England
- France
- Merlinford
- Oxford
- Eton
- Shenley
- United States
- Spain
- Germany
- Hollywood
First Sentence edit
THERE is a photograph in existence of Aunt Sadie and her six children sitting round the tea-table at Alconleigh.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 566 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nancy Mitford (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1945
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 247
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1945
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 247
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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