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The Blessing

The humorous story of the marriage of Grace, a very English Englishwoman, to a Frenchman. The child of the union is nicknamed the "blessing."

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  • "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 fleeing back to London with their "blessing," young Sigismond, in tow. While others urge the couple to reconcile, little Sigi - convinced that the situation will improve his chances of being spoiled - applies all his juvenile cunning to keeping his parents apart."
  • "After World War II, English rose Grace joins her dashing aristocratic husband Charles-Edouard in France. She is out of her depth among the elegant French women and when she discovers her husband's tendancy to lust after pretty girls, it seems that all is over - until her son Sigismund steps in."
  • "The humorous story of the marriage of Grace, a very English Englishwoman, to a Frenchman. The child of the union is nicknamed the "blessing.""@en
  • "After World War II, English rose Grace joins her dashing aristocratic husband Charles-Edouard in France. She is out of her depth among the elegant French women and when she discovers her husband's tendency to lust after pretty girls, it seems that all is over - until her son Sigismund steps in. The Blessing is another of Nancy Mitford's witty, irreverent stories of the upper classes, but beneath the glittering surfaces and perfectly timed comic dialogue is a touching hymn to a lost era and to the brevity of life and love."@en
  • "Entre un père français et parisien et une mère anglaise et londonienne, le jeune Sigi exerce une industrie de "go-between" bientôt coupable. Choyé par les amies de l'un et les soupirants de l'autre, ce cher ange a vite compris les inconvénients d'une réconciliation prématurée."
  • "Entre un père français et parisien et une mère anglaise et londonienne, le jeune Sigi est choyé par les amies de l'un et les soupirants de l'autre, et ce cher ange a vite compris les inconvénients d'une réconciliation prématurée. Portrait de la France et de l'Angleterre au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale."
  • "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 naIve 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. From the Trade Paperback edition."
  • "An English girl has difficulty in coping with her French husband especially after the arrival of a baby.___"@en
  • "The love and marriage of a beautiful Englishwoman and a glamorous French marquis."
  • "The love and marriage of a beautiful Englishwoman and a glamorous French marquis."@en
  • "'We've had nothing to eat since you saw us, nothing whatsoever. Course upon course of nasty greasy stuff smelling of garlic - a month's ration of meat, yes, but quite raw you know - shame, really - I wasn't going to touch it, let alone give it to Sigi, poor little mite'. 'Nanny says the cheese was matured in manure,' Sigi chipped in, eyes like saucers. It isn't just Nanny who finds it difficult in France when Grace and her young son Sigi are finally able to join her dashing aristocratic husband Charles-Edouard after the war. For Grace is out of her depth among the fashionably dressed and immaculately coiffured French women, and shocked by their relentless gossiping and bedhopping. When she discovers her husband's tendency to lust after every pretty girl he sees, it looks like trouble. And things get even more complicated when little Sigi steps in..."The Blessing" is a hilarious tale of love, fidelity, and the English abroad, tailored as brilliantly as a New Look Dior suit."
  • "The post World War II marriage of young Englishwoman Grace Allingham to the dashing, aristocratic Frenchman Charles-Eduard is adversely affected by Grace's discovery that her husband's ideas of marriage include serial adultery, while their young son Sigismund applies his juvenile wiles in the direction of parental divorce."

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  • "Photoplay editions"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Humor"@da
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Love stories"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Pictorial works"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"

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  • "Le cher ange : roman"
  • "Gift med en franskmand"@da
  • "Sein Sohn Sigi : ein heiterer Roman"
  • "La bendición"@es
  • "Le Cher ange"
  • "The blessing : (5. impr.)"
  • "La Bendición"
  • "The Blessing by"
  • "CHER ANGE"
  • "Sein Sohn Sigi : Ein heiterer Roman"
  • "The Blessing"@en
  • "The Blessing"
  • "La moglie inglese : romanzo"@it
  • "La moglie inglese : romanzo"
  • "The blessing"
  • "The blessing"@en
  • "Kultapoika"@fi
  • "Kultapoika"
  • "Sein Sohn Sigi Ein heiterer Roman"
  • "Le cher ange"
  • "De spelbreker"

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