![]() ![]() ![]() Once their adolescence reaches adulthood, they pursue more realistic options – but Linda never lets go of her fairytale perceptions of love. As teenagers, they discuss their romantic fantasies of bagging the Prince of Wales or the local farmer: their imaginations confined to the family manor, Alconleigh. We’rebetween the World Wars, following the lives of the sensibly shyFanny (Emily Beecham) and her passionately extroverted best friendLinda (Lily James). Relicactor Emily Mortimer writes, directs, produces, and stars in this new BBC adaptation,which feels much more liberated than the regular output of stiff, Austenian scenarios. Nancy Mitford’sinterwar classic The Pursuit of Love goes further: mirthfully andtragically dismantling the very idea of love among the British upper classes. Manyof the best period dramas are social satires, beautifully disguised. ![]()
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