Name: The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
ISBN: 9780395740156

Nancy Mitford

Evelyn Waugh

Charlotte Mosley

Two writers exchange insults and match wits in an irreverent dialogue about themselves and the literary and social circles of London and Paris at midcentury

The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh

With an Introduction by Charlotte Mosley 'Their correspondence can make you rock with helpless laughter' Independent on Sunday Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh were two of the twentieth century's most amusing and gifted writers, who matched wits and traded literary advice in more than five hundred letters over twenty-two years. Dissecting their friends, criticizing each other's books and concealing their true feelings beneath a barrage of hilarious and knowing repartee, they found it far easier to conduct a friendship on paper than in person. This correspondence provides a colourful glimpse into the literary and social circles of London and Paris, during the Second World War and for twenty years after. 'Like wayward children, intent on outwitting the grown-ups who disapproved of their amusements' The New York Times

The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh

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