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How has the pursuit of love changed?

We ask Emily Mortimer, the British actress, screenwriter and director of the television adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel “The Pursuit of Love”

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HOW HAS the pursuit of love changed? Anne McElvoy asks the British actress, screenwriter and director of the TV adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel "The Pursuit of Love" about the choice women face between heady freedoms and a more settled life through the generations. Should period dramas be more diverse? And, which Russian classic would she adapt for the screen. Runtime: 24 min

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