Love in a cold kitchen

[susie_flo]

Fiends, have any of you read any Nancy Mitford?  A few days ago I listened to a recording of The Write Stuff which had Nancy Mitford as its theme.  After hearing several excerpts of her works read aloud, I commented to G that she sounded wildy entertaining and must go on my 'to read' list...  

This evening I arrived home from work and was bereft to find my kitchen manless, with nobody making my dinner.  G is working increasingly "not from home" these days and didn't get home until 8-ish, by which time I was mid-way through chef duty on some cauliflower cheese.  This must be what it felt like for men when feminism first kicked in... 

Anyway, after din dins I wandered into the living room and found a surprise pressie on the table, labelled "Happy Wednesday".   Bless him!  It was a lovely pair of Nancy Mitford paperbacks... The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate.  (Specifically these copies, with fabulous covers:   www.amazon.co.uk/Pursuit-Love-Nancy-Mitford/dp/0141044012/ref=sr_1_12  and www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Cold-Climate-Nancy-Mitford/dp/0141043997/ref=sr_1_9

I think these will be next in line for reading once I get through the last of the Stieg Larssons.  (I've borrowed the hardback and is it like a ten tonne brick in my handbag).

So.... are any of you planning to watch the film of Girl with Dragon Tattoo next week? 

Comments

[inbetween-girl.livejournal.com]

I love Nancy Mitford. The Pursuit of Love is my favourite, probably in my top five favourite books of all time.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Ooh, goody. That bodes well...

[steer.livejournal.com]

Hold on hold on he can't expect you to hold down a job and cook. You're going to have to get a second man.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

It is indeed an outrage!

[childeric.livejournal.com]

Nancy Mitford is superb! Extremely biting and witty and just your sort of thing. I'm actually quite surprised that you've not already read her. All the others were pretty good too - I'm a total Mitfordimaniac - but Nancy was the best writer. Read Decca's 'Hons and Rebels' too, though.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

You're right... It's downright bizarre that I haven't read any Mitfordian output before now, especially given what an interesting family they were... (and all of the Communism/Nazi high jinks) Thanks for the tip re: Hons and Rebels.

[ivory-goddess.livejournal.com]

are any of you planning to watch the film of Girl with Dragon Tattoo next week?

Not sure. It's such a faff to get a decent cinema nowadays, and so damned expensive, and half the time the audience are godawfully behaved (although it doesn't matter quite so much with this film if the audience is noisy 'cos of the subtitles!) Then again, is it the sort of film that would need a cinema screen? I doubt it would lose much on DVD, not being an effects-driven blockbuster...

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

I suspect I will end up seeing it on DVD too, partly cos G hasn't read it yet and I may wait for him to do that. From the clips I've seen, the actress playing Salander really looks the part.

[ivory-goddess.livejournal.com]

I just saw a trailer during an ad break and I note that they do not mention or give any indication at all that it is a foreign film with subtitles! Naughty!