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Mitford was witty, intelligent, often acerbic, a great tease, and an acute observer of upperclass english idiosyncrasies. The title is a direct quotation from george orwells novel keep the aspidistra flying 1936. It is the third in a trilogy centered on an upperclass english family, and takes place twenty years after the events of the pursuit of love and love in a cold climate. The pursuit of love love in a cold climate the blessing by. Modern classics love in a cold climate and other stories. One of nancy mitford s most beloved novels, love in a cold climate is a sparkling romantic comedy that vividly evokes the lost glamour of aristocratic life in england between the wars. Mitford was the eldest daughter of lord and lady redesdale, british aristocrats whose ancestry stretched to the middle ages and beyond and whose relatives included winston churchill.
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