Hastings, Selina. Nancy Mitford: A Biography. Hamish Hamilton, 1985.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | Nancy Mitford | This enormously successful was also well reviewed. It was a Book Society
Choice, and earned NM
over £7,000 in the first six months, funding her move from England to Paris. Fraser, Antonia. “A Most Superior Street”. Spectator.co.uk. Champagne for the brain. |
| Reception | Angela Thirkell | It was chosen Book of the Month by the Book Society
. Strickland, Margot. Angela Thirkell: Portrait of a Lady Novelist. Duckworth, 1977. 108 |
| Reception | Nancy Mitford | Love in a Cold Climate enjoyed great popularity. It was the first novel to be simultaneously chosen as Book of the Month by the Book Society
, the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard. Mitford, Nancy. “Critical Materials”. Love from Nancy: The Letters of Nancy Mitford, edited by Charlotte Mosley, Hodder and Stoughton, 1993, p. various pages. 200 |
| Textual Production | Lettice Cooper | LC
's Fenny (a Book Society
choice, and sometimes called her finest novel), was set in or near Florence during the Second World War and the years just before and after it. British Book News. British Council. (1953): 421 |
| Textual Production | Laura Riding | This was the first book LR
published with the new firm of Arthur Barker
in London. She took some trouble to disguise identities, since Barker was worried about potential libel actions. The Book Society
backed... |
| Textual Production | Elspeth Huxley | She wrote it in 1946, and revised it in a state of dissatisfaction with her first version. Chatto and Windus
were enthusiastic about it and offered her an advance of £150 and a royalty of... |
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