The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters
Autor Charlotte Mosleyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 oct 2008
The Mitford sisters were the great wits and beauties of their time. Immoderate in their passions for ideas and people, they counted among their diverse friends Adolf Hitler and Queen Elizabeth II, Cecil Beaton and President Kennedy, Evelyn Waugh and Givenchy. As editor Charlotte Mosley notes, not since the Brontës have the members of a single family written so much about themselves, or have been so written about.
The Mitfords offers an unparalleled look at these privileged siblings through their own unabashed correspondence. Spanning the twentieth century, the magically vivid letters of the legendary Mitfords constitute a superb social and historical chronicle and an intimate portrait of the stormy but enduring relationships between six beautiful, gifted, and radically different women.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780061375408
ISBN-10: 0061375403
Pagini: 896
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 46 mm
Greutate: 1.03 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperPerennial
ISBN-10: 0061375403
Pagini: 896
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 46 mm
Greutate: 1.03 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperPerennial
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The Mitford sisters were the great wits and beauties of their time. Immoderate in their passions for ideas and people, they counted among their diverse friends Adolf Hitler and Queen Elizabeth II, Cecil Beaton and President Kennedy, Evelyn Waugh and Givenchy.
The Mitfords offers an unparalleled look at these privileged siblings through their own unabashed correspondence. Spanning the twentieth century, the magically vivid letters of the legendary Mitfords constitute a superb social and historical chronicle and an intimate portrait of the stormy but enduring relationships between six beautiful, gifted, and radically different women.
The Mitfords offers an unparalleled look at these privileged siblings through their own unabashed correspondence. Spanning the twentieth century, the magically vivid letters of the legendary Mitfords constitute a superb social and historical chronicle and an intimate portrait of the stormy but enduring relationships between six beautiful, gifted, and radically different women.
Recenzii
“Fascinating...Their irresistible appeal comes from the way they invite us into the close family circle.” — New York Times Book Review
“Funny, loving, sparkly, snarky, heartbreaking, chilling, gossipy, wise….You’ll be rewarded with six up-close, personal-and sometimes appalling-takes on the 20th century.” — O magazine
“A splendid introduction to the eccentric charms of the Mitford world…On my short list of best books of the year.” — Newsday
“Marvelous...THE MITFORDS is quite simply one of the most sinful guilty pleasures of the season.” — Baltimore Sun
“THE MITFORDS could have been an operatic group biography on an epic scale: Instead, thanks to its editor’s taste and discretion, it is chamber music with symphonic longings… an intriguing record of each sister’s personality… all six could write evocatively, even hauntingly.” — Washington Post Book World
“Marvelous…Beautiful, intelligent, and fiercely independent, each sister went her own way, as is so powerfully revealed in this selection of witty, amusing and sometimes shocking letters…There’s hardly a page that isn’t interesting.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Fascinating...The sisters had the stiff upper lip of their class, and, it must be said, a way with words.” — Wall Street Journal
“Nothing captures their enduring allure quite like their own correspondence…With this epistolary testament to sisterhood, the mystery of the Mitfords...has at last been solved.” — Vogue
“Compelling…The letters are so affecting that it is difficult to refrain from wanting to get to know the sisters better.” — St. Petersburg Times
“An engrossing, deeply personal group portrait…Each letter is a thrilling gem unto itself…Marvelous fun.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Peppered with colorful nicknames, filled with love, encouragement, jealousy and gossip, and written primarily to amuse the recipients, the letters testify to the bonds of sisterhood.” — Publishers Weekly
“The Mitford sisters were brilliant, blazing and beautiful. Their letters, which span most of the twentieth century, bring them to life and take us into a world of luxury, controversy, notoriety, heartbreak and triumph. Amazing, but so are the Mitford sisters.” — Barbara Walters
“The lost art of letter writing is splendidly portrayed in this massive volume….It is not surprising that their letters are clever and humorous; but they are also poignant and revealing.” — Library Journal (starred review)
“A novelist would never get away with inventing this: a correspondence spanning eight decades, written from locations including Chatsworth and HM Prison, Holloway, between six original and talented women who numbered among their friends Evelyn Waugh, Maya Angelou, J F Kennedy and Adolf Hitler. The story of the extraordinary Mitford sisters has never been told as well as they tell it themselves.” — J.K. Rowling
“Funny, loving, sparkly, snarky, heartbreaking, chilling, gossipy, wise….You’ll be rewarded with six up-close, personal-and sometimes appalling-takes on the 20th century.” — O magazine
“A splendid introduction to the eccentric charms of the Mitford world…On my short list of best books of the year.” — Newsday
“Marvelous...THE MITFORDS is quite simply one of the most sinful guilty pleasures of the season.” — Baltimore Sun
“THE MITFORDS could have been an operatic group biography on an epic scale: Instead, thanks to its editor’s taste and discretion, it is chamber music with symphonic longings… an intriguing record of each sister’s personality… all six could write evocatively, even hauntingly.” — Washington Post Book World
“Marvelous…Beautiful, intelligent, and fiercely independent, each sister went her own way, as is so powerfully revealed in this selection of witty, amusing and sometimes shocking letters…There’s hardly a page that isn’t interesting.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Fascinating...The sisters had the stiff upper lip of their class, and, it must be said, a way with words.” — Wall Street Journal
“Nothing captures their enduring allure quite like their own correspondence…With this epistolary testament to sisterhood, the mystery of the Mitfords...has at last been solved.” — Vogue
“Compelling…The letters are so affecting that it is difficult to refrain from wanting to get to know the sisters better.” — St. Petersburg Times
“An engrossing, deeply personal group portrait…Each letter is a thrilling gem unto itself…Marvelous fun.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Peppered with colorful nicknames, filled with love, encouragement, jealousy and gossip, and written primarily to amuse the recipients, the letters testify to the bonds of sisterhood.” — Publishers Weekly
“The Mitford sisters were brilliant, blazing and beautiful. Their letters, which span most of the twentieth century, bring them to life and take us into a world of luxury, controversy, notoriety, heartbreak and triumph. Amazing, but so are the Mitford sisters.” — Barbara Walters
“The lost art of letter writing is splendidly portrayed in this massive volume….It is not surprising that their letters are clever and humorous; but they are also poignant and revealing.” — Library Journal (starred review)
“A novelist would never get away with inventing this: a correspondence spanning eight decades, written from locations including Chatsworth and HM Prison, Holloway, between six original and talented women who numbered among their friends Evelyn Waugh, Maya Angelou, J F Kennedy and Adolf Hitler. The story of the extraordinary Mitford sisters has never been told as well as they tell it themselves.” — J.K. Rowling
Notă biografică
Charlotte Mosley, Diana Mitford's daughter-in-law, has worked as a publisher and journalist. She has published A Talent to Annoy: Essays, Articles, and Reviews by Nancy Mitford; Love from Nancy: The Letters of Nancy Mitford; and The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh. She lives in Paris.