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| Bassano, Nancy Mitford, 1932
By Nancy Mitford, Love in a Cold Climate, Intro. by Flora Fraser, New York: Vintage Books, 2010, p. 245
Once again, Fanny is the narrator. This novel centers on Polly, Lady Leopoldina Hampton, an only child and deliciously rich heiress who falls in love with Boy Dougdale, her uncle who prefers having sex with young girls. Boy's nickname is "the Lecherous Lecturer," and after much kerfuffle, Polly marries Boy. She is disinherited and ostracized from society. Her place in the family is taken by Cedric Hampton, a flamboyant, glamorous gay guy from Nova Scotia, who like a deus ex machina restores equilibrium to the Hampton family. The marriage between Polly and Boy has broken down, and Boy happily falls in love with Cedric. Polly, for her part, falls in love with an elderly duke. Everyone lives happily ever after. |
Friday, February 15, 2013
Love in a Cold Climate
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