http://donaldjenkins.com/2009/02/is-nancy-mitford-no-longer-understood/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:56:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://donaldjenkins.com/2009/02/is-nancy-mitford-no-longer-understood/#comment-234 Donald Jenkins Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:48:49 +0000 http://donaldjenkins.com/2009/02/is-nancy-mitford-no-longer-understood/#comment-234 @Peggy Cartwright: Thank you for your kind comment. It is nice to see that people the world over appreciate the subtleties of Nancy Mitford's writing! @Peggy Cartwright: Thank you for your kind comment. It is nice to see that people the world over appreciate the subtleties of Nancy Mitford’s writing!

]]> http://donaldjenkins.com/2009/02/is-nancy-mitford-no-longer-understood/#comment-233 Peggy Cartwright Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:59:01 +0000 http://donaldjenkins.com/2009/02/is-nancy-mitford-no-longer-understood/#comment-233 Nancy Mitford is one of my favourite writers, but then, I was brought up on English novels by a mother who was very fond of England and the English. Of course, I am almost of the same generation as Nancy, and my older sister looked exactly like her, as did my mother. (Oddly enough, my sister was married to William Herron Rodd III, a distant relative of Nancy's husband, Peter Rodd.) And, I am at this very moment rereading "Love in a Cold Climate" having just finished "The Blessing," so I was very pleased to find another person who loves Nancy's work. I also just ordered her book of essays from ABEbooks, as I have never read the 'hon' story, although I have read of it. I might add that I come from a family headed by a mother who had a degree in English (as I also have) and made sure we had a love for language by directing our reading and also playing word games. I am from a pre-TV family which made its own entertainment. Nancy Mitford is one of my favourite writers, but then, I was brought up on English novels by a mother who was very fond of England and the English. Of course, I am almost of the same generation as Nancy, and my older sister looked exactly like her, as did my mother. (Oddly enough, my sister was married to William Herron Rodd III, a distant relative of Nancy’s husband, Peter Rodd.) And, I am at this very moment rereading “Love in a Cold Climate” having just finished “The Blessing,” so I was very pleased to find another person who loves Nancy’s work. I also just ordered her book of essays from ABEbooks, as I have never read the ‘hon’ story, although I have read of it.
I might add that I come from a family headed by a mother who had a degree in English (as I also have) and made sure we had a love for language by directing our reading and also playing word games. I am from a pre-TV family which made its own entertainment.

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