The Pursuit of Love - The Radletts

The Radletts

• Uncle Matthew, "Lord Alconleigh"; an eccentric, bullying patriarch who periodically uses bloodhounds to hunt his children across the Oxfordshire countryside
• Aunt Sadie, an affectionate but somewhat ineffectual matriarch
• Louisa, the dependable, domestic eldest daughter
• Linda, beautiful and highly-strung, the central character in The Pursuit of Love.
• Bob, the eldest son, one of the few well-behaved Radlett children
• Jassy, Matt's inseparable friend, who is perpetually saving up in order to run away from home
• Matt, Jassy's inseparable friend, eventually runs away from Eton to fight in the Spanish Civil War
• Robin, the youngest son
• Victoria, the baby of the family, born when the older children are entering their teens. An irrepressible child, she appears more prominently in the sequel, Love in a Cold Climate.