Join JASNA-NJ on August 19, 2023 at 2pm EDT via Zoom for a discussion of Nancy Mitford’s Love in a Cold Climate. You can register here.
A companion volume to The Pursuit of Love rather than a sequel, it unmasks the sexual foibles of the English aristocracy during the interwar period. As summarized on Amazon:
Polly Hampton has long been groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, the fearsome and ambitious Lady Montdore. But Polly, with her stunning good looks and impeccable connections, is bored by the monotony of her glittering debut season in London. Having just come from India, where her father served as Viceroy, she claims to have hoped that society in a colder climate would be less obsessed with love affairs. The apparently aloof and indifferent Polly has a long-held secret, however, one that leads to the shattering of her mother’s dreams and her own disinheritance…
Satiric and savage, witty and insightful, Love in a Cold Climate is Nancy Mitford at her best. Here’s a review of the novel from The Guardian. For a brief summary of the lives and peculiar political affiliations of the notorious Mitford sisters, here is a biography of the author.
The Pursuit of Love was recently dramatized and is available on Amazon Prime, with a wonderful turn by Andrew Scott as the impeccably camp Lord Merlin.
Love in a Cold Climate was adapted in 2001 and is available on BritBox. (There’s also a version from 1980 available on YouTube.)
All of Mitford’s major works, including Love in a Cold Climate, are available on Amazon, most local libraries, and your favorite independent and chain bookstores. We hope to see you on Zoom to discuss the book! Register here.
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