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270 pages • first pub 1951 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Publication date: Not specified
Description
With characteristically amusing malice, Mitford blends a comedy of manners with culture shock as Grace Allingham, a naive English rose, impulsively marries Charles-Edouard de Valhubert, a French nobleman with all his class's charm and decadence. B...
Community Reviews Summary of 75 reviews
Moods
funny 75%
adventurous 12%
emotional 12%
tense 12%
Pace
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 57% | Character: 28% | Plot: 14%Strong character development?
No: 42% | It's complicated: 28% | Yes: 28%Loveable characters?
No: 66% | It's complicated: 16% | Yes: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 66% | It's complicated: 33%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racism, Racial slurs
270 pages • first pub 1951 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Publication date: Not specified
Description
With characteristically amusing malice, Mitford blends a comedy of manners with culture shock as Grace Allingham, a naive English rose, impulsively marries Charles-Edouard de Valhubert, a French nobleman with all his class's charm and decadence. B...
Community Reviews Summary of 75 reviews
Moods
funny 75%
adventurous 12%
emotional 12%
tense 12%
Pace
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 57% | Character: 28% | Plot: 14%Strong character development?
No: 42% | It's complicated: 28% | Yes: 28%Loveable characters?
No: 66% | It's complicated: 16% | Yes: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 66% | It's complicated: 33%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racism, Racial slurs