Love in a Cold Climate
Nancy Mitford
1949
Around 285 pages
If you're like me (and if you're on this blog, you bear more than a passing resemblance to me, whether you want to acknowledge it or not), then you might also appreciate reading a cozy book about winter during the colder months. There's nothing like cuddling up with a cat, hot chocolate, and a novel that takes place somewhere frigid, preferably Russia or Narnia. April in Pittsburgh allows you to pretend it's winter with relative ease.
This is a companion novel to The Pursuit of Love, as the time frame is the same but the story focuses on different characters. Our girl Fanny narrates the life of Polly, a distant relative on her father's side. Polly is in love with her uncle (non blood related), and scandalizes her entire family by pursuing the relationship.
I enjoy novels of manners, it's always amusing when Mitford pokes fun at the behavior and hypocrisies of the upper class. Fanny is bland as a character, but she's not really written to be a fully fleshed out person as she is cast in the role of the observer. Enjoyable, but I liked The Pursuit of Love a scooch better.
RATING: ****-
Interesting Facts:
The title is a phrase from George Orwell's novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying. So meta!
Adapted as a BBC miniseries in 2001.
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