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by Nancy Mitford (Author)
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  • Paperback: 249 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: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21,582 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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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Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) was born in London, the eldest child of the second Baron Redesdale. Her childhood in a large remote country house with her five sisters and one brother is recounted in the early chapters of The Pursuit of Love (1945), which according to the author, is largely autobiographical. After the war she moved, with her husband, to Paris where she lived for the rest of her life. She followed the success of The Pursuit of Love with Love in a Cold Climate (1949) The Blessing (1951) and Don't Tell Alfred (1960), published together in Penguin as The Nancy Mitford Omnibus. She also wrote four works of biography; Madame de Pompadour, first published to great acclaim in 1954, Voltaire in Love, The Sun King and Frederick the Great.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very pleased Mitford fan, 11 Oct 2003
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This review is from: Love in a Cold Climate (Audio Cassette)
This is one of my favourite books so I was very nervous about listening to an abridged reading. My fears were unfounded - Prunella Scales does a marvellous job (although I would still have preferred it to have been unabridged).
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amusing comedy of love and manners, 15 May 2002
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Rather to my surprise, I enjoyed this book immensely. It is the story of Fanny and her relationship with the Montdores, particularly the beautiful daughter, Polly, and her mother, in their search for love. It is still very funny; it made me laugh out aloud a few times. The language is a little dated (eggy-peggy; I'm aching; can I bend you), but even that becomes quaint after a while. It's written in a breathless, charming style, and all the characters are vivid and memorable. Still, remember, eat the rich.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Very Amusing, 6 April 2001
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I read this book after watching the TV dramatisation and found it incredibly humourous. Uncle Matthew, Davey and Cedric Hampton are such amusing characters that I burst out laughing on the bus almost everytime I opened the book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars If Austen had written in the 1940s, she would have been Nancy Mitford
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). Read more
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Always different reviewing classics but Love in a Cold Climate is much more fun than Pursuit of Love, it's less involved in the relationships of one woman than its prequel and... Read more
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