Christmas Pudding
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Mitford, Nancy. Christmas Pudding. Second Edition.1975. Book is in very good condition; dust jacket is in good condition—spine of the dust jacket has faded.
Jokes and witticisms abound in Nancy Mitford’s second novel, a farce with a cast of characters so finely honed and eccentric that this book remains as delectable a Yuletide treat now as when it was originally published in 1932. Much of the action occurs at a holiday house party hosted by Lady Bobbin, a martinet who organizes all of the fun out of Christmas, yet against this backdrop, her lovely daughter (patterned in the Mitford sister mold) finds herself in a love triangle with a member of the aristocracy and a dissolute author whose latest tragedy is mistaken for light comedy by the English reading public.
“The Older I get the more I think it is fatal to marry for love. The mere fact of being in love with somebody is a very good reason for not marrying them, in my opinion. It brings much more unhappiness than anything else.”
--Nancy Mitford
Jokes and witticisms abound in Nancy Mitford’s second novel, a farce with a cast of characters so finely honed and eccentric that this book remains as delectable a Yuletide treat now as when it was originally published in 1932. Much of the action occurs at a holiday house party hosted by Lady Bobbin, a martinet who organizes all of the fun out of Christmas, yet against this backdrop, her lovely daughter (patterned in the Mitford sister mold) finds herself in a love triangle with a member of the aristocracy and a dissolute author whose latest tragedy is mistaken for light comedy by the English reading public.
“The Older I get the more I think it is fatal to marry for love. The mere fact of being in love with somebody is a very good reason for not marrying them, in my opinion. It brings much more unhappiness than anything else.”
--Nancy Mitford
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