Editing The Pursuit of Love (section)

==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 to run away from home
* Matt, Jassy's inseparable friend, eventually runs away from [[Eton College|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''