The Blessing is a comic satirical novel by Nancy Mitford, first published in 1951.

The Blessing
First edition
AuthorNancy Mitford
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
1951
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages305

Plot summary

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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

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A 1959 film called Count Your Blessings was based in the novel. It starred Deborah Kerr, Rossano Brazzi, and Maurice Chevalier.

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