I claimed that this was no challenge at all, so I'll back that up: 30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, that you’ve read that were written by women.
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Day 25:Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford (read 2019)

Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford First published in 1932, Christmas Pudding was one of Nancy Mitford’s early books, written before she hit the big time with her semi-autobiographical novels, In the Pursuit of Love (1945) and Love …

‘D’you think she’s likely to live or not?’ said Paul. ‘Because if there’s any doubt perhaps I could use your telephone, Amabelle, to call up the jewellers and see if I’m in time to stop them engraving that mug…’ #BookSky 💙📚 #NancyMitford

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Madame de Pompadour effectively conveys the absolute imbecility and wastefulness of aristocratic life but in such an amusing way that it mostly plays for humor, rather than tragedy.
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##nyrbwomen25 My public library had this one, with lots of pictures #nancymitford

Nancy Mitford English writer and socialite Nancy Mitford was BOTD in 1904. Born in London, she was the first child of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Reesdale, and the eldest of six sisters. She had an eccentri…

Hilarious English writer, socialite and dedicated fag hag Nancy Mitford, best known for her comic novels “The Pursuit of Love” and “LoveIn a Cold Climate”, was BOTD in 1904. #nancymitford #bornonthisday #faghag #honorarysupergay

“An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.”

✒ #NancyMitford, English author ("Love in a Cold Climate"), was #BOTD 28 November 1904. #Literature

Unser Buchtipp der Woche handelt von einer britischen Weihnachtsgesellschaft, die britischer kaum sein könnte und herrlich aus dem Ruder läuft. In „Schöne Bescherung auf Compton Bobbin” verbindet Nancy Mitford feinen Humor mit pointierter Gesellschaftskritik.
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Nancy Mitford’s novels reflect questionable 20th-century social mores. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/tim... @everymanslibrary.bsky.social #booksky #nancymitford #mitford

“I am sometimes bored by people, but never by life.”

✒️ #NancyMitford, English novelist (Love in a Cold Climate) and biographer, one of the Mitford sisters, #DOTD 30 June 1973. #Literature

The Problem With Oxfam Books — Done With Numbers Alexander Larman is the author of several historical and biographical titles, his most recent book, Power and Glory, the third and final instalment of his Windsor trilogy. He is also the book’s edito...

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De saison, de circonstance, je lis ceci, et c'est fort drôle.
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Cover of "Voltaire in Love" by Nancy Mitford. Penguin paperback, 1967, with black & white ink drawing by Cecil Beaton of two figures: a woman laughing and a man down on one knee.

Nancy Mitford
November 28, 1904 (London) - June 20, 1973 (Versailles)

As well as those novels, she also wrote extremely entertaining but erudite history.

Penguin paperback (this copy, 1967)
cover drawing by Cecil Beaton.

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The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford First published in 1945 but set largely in the interwar years, Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love is a wonderful novel about a young woman’s search for true love, complete with all the delights an…

It's a big day for literary birthdays! From the archive for Nancy Mitford, #BornOnThisDay in 1904, thoughts on THE PURSUIT OF LOVE.

An utterly charming novel - by turns hilarious, artful, touching and poignant! #NancyMitford #BOTD #BookSky 💙📚

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“An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.”

✒ #NancyMitford, English author ("Love in a Cold Climate"), was #BOTD 28 November 1904. #Literature

Happy Friday!
“As far as I am concerned, all reading is for pleasure.”
― Nancy Mitford
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