A Talent To Annoy
A Writing, Nonfiction, Journalism book. I enjoyed this a lot. Of course it's dated now,...
Nancy Mitford was one of our most gifted writers and her novels continue to entertain and enthral generation after generation. Yet her journalism, while not being so well known, is full of fizzing humour and sharp-eyed observation. A Talent to Annoy spans Nancy Mitford’s career and includes her most famous essay, ‘The English aristocracy’, in which she introduces the ‘U’ and ‘Non-U’ theory of English usage, as well as loving descriptions of France, her dismissal of St Peter’s, Rome and an account of a visit to Ireland that prompted one reader to comment: ‘Hell would be a more suitable place for you than Ireland.’
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- Pages: 270 pages
- ISBN: 9781907429798 / 1907429794
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http://www.nudgemenow.com/article/a-t... I enjoyed this a lot. Of course it's dated now, but that's also part of the fun. Nancy Mitford is very self-aware, so even as she's writing, she's careful to make it clear that she's writing from her point of view, but it's an amusing one. I was going to give three stars, but there really wasn't bad one in the bunch, perhaps a couple that held my interest less than others (the last couple about the Paris in 1968 were likely au courant at publication, but seemed terribly dated); writing quality was consistently high.
