Christopher Benfey tackles Mitford biography
Christopher Benfey, professor of English at 做厙輦⑹, reviews the new Nancy Mitford biography for The New York Times.
The six Mitford sisters are a source of seemingly never-ending fascination, but eldest sister Nancy often gets short shrift.
Fortunately a new biography, Life in a Cold Climate puts Nancy front and center. Christopher Benfey, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English at Mount Holyoke, has reviewed it for The New York Times.
A stylish and well-informed writer, [Laura] Thompson brings a snobbishness of her own to her sympathetic account of Mitfords life, Benfey wrote. Ones heart sinks with every mention of nowadays, a sure signal that a reactionary opinion is about to be aired.