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.
Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett & Montdore 2.) 4 csillagozás
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Kiemelt értékelések
Nemreg neztem egy videót angol ifjúsagi regenykről, es ez is benne volt, en meg sosem hallottam róla, szóval adta magat, hogy 900 forintert elorozzam a Bookstationből. Aztan persze gyorsan rajöttem, hogy ez egy sorozat masodik resze, es kicsit aggódtam, hogy lesz-e így egyaltalan ertelme elolvasni, de azt hiszem, elő es utótörtenet nelkül is teljesen befogadható volt a regeny.
Aki hozzam hasonlóan felig nevetve, felig kívancsisaggal viseltetik a XX. szazadi angol arisztokracia iranyaban, az nagyon fogja ezt elvezni, azt meg főleg, ha kicsit utanaolvas a Mitford nőverek eletenek (nem semmi. tenyleg nem semmi. mar wishlisten a róluk írt biografia is).
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[…] because I knew that, once I found myself in the dining-room seated between two of the old gentlemen downstairs, it would no longer be possible to remain a silent spectator, I should be obliged to try and think of things to say. It had been drummed into me all my life, especially by Davey, that silence at meal times is anti-social.
'So long as you chatter, Fanny, it's of no consequence what you say, better recite out of the ABC than sit like a deaf mute. Think of your poor hostess, it simply isn't fair on her.'
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Enhanced by this dress, and by a little make-up, Polly's beauty was greatly remarked upon, especially by those of a former generation, who were all saying that since Lady Helen Vincent, since Lily Langtry, since the Wyndham sisters (according to taste), nothing so perfect had been seen in London. Her own contemporaries, however, were not so greatly excited by her. They admitted her beauty but said that she was dull, too large.
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'(..) Your mother's ideas on placement get vaguer and vaguer. The table last night was totally mad, the duchess is still in a temper about it! Sonia really shouldn't have people at all if she doesn't intend to treat them properly.'
A phrase I had often heard on the lips of my Aunt Emily, with reference to animals.
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