Summary of The Blessing
Grace Allingham, an Englishwoman, moves to France with her young son, Sigi, to live with her aristocratic French husband, Charles-Edouard. She feels out of place among the fashionable yet morally ambiguous upper classes of Paris. Upon discovering her husband’s many infidelities, Grace decides to leave him. Meanwhile, mischievous little Sigi sees personal benefits in keeping his parents apart.
Reasons to read The Blessing
“The Blessing” is an entertaining comedy of errors about the marital conflicts between an Englishwoman and her French husband, set in Paris after the Second World War. Nancy Mitford was a renowned English writer, best known for her novels about upper-class life in England and France, including “The Pursuit of Love”, “Love in a Cold Climate”, and “The Blessing”. She also wrote popular historical biographies such as “Madame de Pompadour”, “Voltaire in Love”, and “The Sun King”. Nancy Mitford was the eldest of the famously eccentric Mitford sisters.
Setting: Paris (France)
Original title: The Blessing
Year of publication: 1951
Nr of pages: 256
