the pursuit of love nancy mitford review

There is drunken excess and opulent fashion to boot, much of which is provided by Scott’s character, Lord Merlin.

What the series lacks in explicit sex scenes, it makes up for in other types of hedonism. “I don’t know whether it’s a part of male friendship when you’re growing up, but there’s definitely something about the tentacles of femininity when you haven’t yet had a sexual partner but are becoming sexually awakened, and the person you’re closest to, you just want to hold them in a way that’s almost sexual,” said Mortimer (who also stars as Fanny’s flighty mother, “The Bolter”) in an interview with the Times. Linda and Fanny teeter on the edge of something that is never quite realised. So, no, there are no Bridgerton-level romps, but Mortimer’s exploration of female sexuality is scintillating nonetheless. Her scrapbook is filled with photographs of Linda surrounded by hastily scribbled love hearts. Then there is Fanny’s more overt infatuation. There is the subtle eroticism of shared bath scenes, the angling of heads towards each other, the way they occupy space, limbs entangled as they exchange secrets on the living room couch. The result is a more subtle sex appeal – one that comes not from Linda and her lovers, but from the relationship between the two cousins. The Pursuit Of Love, however, is a classic British novel that has been brought to screen by a quintessentially British institution. The original books were written by US romance author Julia Quinn and adapted by Shonda Rhimes. Perhaps it’s because Bridgerton is a bold, brash and ultimately American take on Regency England.

The pursuit of love nancy mitford review