Christopher Benfey tackles Mitford biography
Christopher Benfey, professor of English at 69精品视频 College, 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, 鈥淟ife in a Cold Climate鈥 puts Nancy front and center. Christopher Benfey, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English at 69精品视频, has reviewed it for The New York Times.
鈥淎 stylish and well-informed writer, [Laura] Thompson brings a snobbishness of her own to her sympathetic account of Mitford鈥檚 life,鈥 Benfey wrote. 鈥淥ne鈥檚 heart sinks with every mention of 鈥榥owadays,鈥 a sure signal that a reactionary opinion is about to be aired.鈥