The Blessing

The Blessing

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

Plot summary

It is set in the post-war WW2 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.


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