Love in a Cold Climate

This is a fun book. Mitford is such an easy, amusing writer, but it's not just fluff. I'm glad I reread these. (I can't help by picture Cedric and Lady Montdore from the miniseries during the whole “brush” bit.)

(Previous review, now defunct-
Please see my article at: http://www.suite101.com/content/nancy-mitfords-most-famous-novels-a381486)

This is not a novel to read if you desire a complex plot, however if (like me) you delight in absurdly hilarious characters, then do spend a night or two with Ms Mitford. Although Polly (and even to some extent Fanny) seem quite vacuous, most of the other characters are wonderful. I love Davey, uncle Matthew, Lady Montdore and Cedric (naturally). Bravo!

‰ЫПThe aim is to warm up your glands with a series of jolts. The worst thing in the world for the body is to settle down and lead a quiet little life of regular habits; if you do that it soon resigns itself to old age and death. Shock your glands, force them to react, startle them back into youth, keep them on tip-toe so that they never know what to expect next, and they have to keep young and healthy to deal with all the surprises.‰Ыќ

‰ЫПA wife must always be on the look-out, men are so lazy by nature, for example, Montdore is for ever trying to have a little nap in the afternoon, but I won‰ЫЄt hear of it, once you begin that, I tell him, you are old, and people who are old find themselves losing interest, dropping out of things and then they might as well be dead.‰Ыќ