- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Penguin; New Impression edition (25 Nov 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140009841
- ISBN-13: 978-0140009842
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 159,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Entirely original, inimitable and irresistible (Philip Hensher Spectator )
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In one of the wittiest novels of them all, Nancy Mitford casts a finely gauged net to capture perfectly the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the London season, the story of coldly beautiful Polly Hampton and her aristocratic parents is is a comedy of English manners between the wars by one of the most individual, beguiling and creative users of the language.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I have loved this hilarious book for 40 years and I looked forward to reading it on my new Kindle. What a disappointment to find Mitford's brilliant, precise prose has been filled with typos. It is unacceptable to pay £6.99 for such carelessness. I want my money back.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Love in a Cold Climate is the 2nd in the trilogy written by Nancy Mitford (the 1st being The Pursuit of Love and the 3rd Don't Tell Alfred). I read it after The Pursuit of Love, and unfortunately the comparison doesn't favour Love in a Cold Climate: I found The Pursuit of Love wittier, more enteratining and roaring of laughter-funny. I'm sure that if I had read Love in a Cold Climate alone, I would have appreciated it more, because it is a wonderful, witty, funny and incredible book. I enjoyed it very much.
Nancy Mitford's writing style is very unique and highly enjoyable. Her dry wit and sarcastic humour reminded me sometimes of Jane Austen, the way she made fun of some of her ridiculous characters (Mrs. Elton in Emma, Mr. Collins or Lady Catherine de Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice).
Definitely worth reading, but check out The Pursuit of Love also, you won't regret it.
Nancy Mitford's writing style is very unique and highly enjoyable. Her dry wit and sarcastic humour reminded me sometimes of Jane Austen, the way she made fun of some of her ridiculous characters (Mrs. Elton in Emma, Mr. Collins or Lady Catherine de Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice).
Definitely worth reading, but check out The Pursuit of Love also, you won't regret it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I`ve loved this book for as long as I can remember, and was thrilled to find the Kindle edition. I am so disappointed; it`s littered with enormously distracting typographical errors and spelling mistakes. Obviously a rushed job, and as such, a complete waste of money.
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"Love in a Cold Climate," is certainly one of the most popular novels written by blue-blooded British author Nancy Mitford who was very popular in the earlier twentieth century. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Stephanie DePue
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Slightly disappointed
I really enjoyed this book. However, the kindle version is full of mistakes and inconsistencies which was very distracting and annoying.
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Selected by the weekend press as a classic read. Look forward to finding out for myself.
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