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Country United States Publication date 1951 Pages 305 Genre Novel | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print (hardcover) Originally published 1951 Page count 305 Publisher Random House | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Blessing is a comic satirical novel by Nancy Mitford, first published in 1951.
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Plot summary
It is set in the post-World War II period and concerns Grace, an English country girl who moves to France after falling for a dashing aristocratic Frenchman named Charles-Edouard who lusts after other women. Their son Sigi aims to keep his parents apart by engineering misunderstandings.
Film adaptation
A 1959 film called Count Your Blessings was based in the novel. It starred Maurice Chevalier.
References
The Blessing (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA