Nancy Mitford
14 Podcast Episodes
Lecture 5: Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love Part 1
Lecture 5: Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love Part 1
This iconic novel from 1945 seems delightful and frothy and hilarious–and is all those things–while also being a legit l... Read more
24 Jul 2023
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35mins
Lecture 5: Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love Part 2
Lecture 5: Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love Part 2
In part two, Kimberly discusses the peripheral, third-person (“sidekick”) narrator, Mitford’s world-class dialogue and t... Read more
24 Jul 2023
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28mins
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Lecture 5: Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love Part 3
Lecture 5: Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love Part 3
In part three, Kimberly discusses the artful depiction of maternity, Mitford’s humor, the novel’s blend of comedy/traged... Read more
24 Jul 2023
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41mins
From the Archives: Five-Minute Recommendation for Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love
From the Archives: Five-Minute Recommendation for Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love
Kimberly will share whether you should—or should not—dig into The Pursuit of Love. She’ll treat you to a snippet of the ... Read more
19 Jun 2023
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5mins
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Nancy Mitford's The Blessing
Nancy Mitford's The Blessing
Chris, Naf, and Rachel discuss the love story in Nancy Mitford’s 1951 novel, The Blessing. In this episode, we start out... Read more
9 Mar 2023
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Muses and Makers: Nancy Mitford and The Mitford Family
Muses and Makers: Nancy Mitford and The Mitford Family
In today's Love Letters to... we celebrate the infamous Mitfords, and the sister who wrote about them.Advertise with us!... Read more
11 Feb 2022
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14mins
Nancy Mitford — The Pursuit of Love/Love In a Cold Climate with Laura Thompson
Nancy Mitford — The Pursuit of Love/Love In a Cold Climate with Laura Thompson
Joining us from the UK this week is New York Times bestselling-writer Laura Thompson, author of the Nancy Mitford biogra... Read more
15 Jun 2021
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55mins
13: Nancy Mitford and her eccentric family
13: Nancy Mitford and her eccentric family
Louise and Virginia discuss three of Nancy Mitford’s Radlett family novels as well as the novel that caused a rift in th... Read more
6 Mar 2020
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51mins
11: Christmas Special - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford
11: Christmas Special - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford
Louise and Virginia discuss books set at Christmas, books to give as gifts, their favourite books of 2019 and a few othe... Read more
12 Dec 2019
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48mins
Episode 1: Emma Hamilton + Nancy Mitford
Episode 1: Emma Hamilton + Nancy Mitford
Never Marry A Mitford has arrived! In episode 1 we discuss our historical heroine Emma Hamilton, and the exhibition abou... Read more
27 Mar 2017
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25mins
