![]() ![]() ![]() Pursuit of Love - Photo Courtesy of Amazon Studiosīased on Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel of the same name, The Pursuit of Love follows the story of die-hard romantic Linda Radlett (Lily James) and her far more practical cousin Fanny (Emily Beecham). ![]() Instead, the drama is a rich, stylish coming-of-age tale, an ode to the power of friendship, and a charming love letter to young women who dare to want more than society says they’re allowed, then or now. Because though the show is titled The Pursuit of Love, it’s not necessarily the romance its title implies. These dramas, and others like them, leave staid, stuffy drawing rooms behind and embrace a more contemporary aesthetic and modern feel.Īmazon’s new three-part series The Pursuit of Love is the latest entry in this growing trend - a series that’s set roughly in the same period as the later seasons of Downton Abbey but feels as though it hails from a different planet. From Hulu’s The Greatand AppleTV+’s Dickinson to feature films like The Favourite and Autumn de Wilde’s latest adaptation of Emma, recent period dramas have been reimagining what the historical genre can both be and do. ![]()
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