A character in this novel is able to win the favor of his neighbor by giving him a hypnotic gaze in a train car that convinces the neighbor to carry his luggage off the train at Oxford. In this novel, a woman tries to prevent the narrator's engagement to a professor by blocking the announcement in the Times. A central chara
A character in this novel is able to win the favor of his neighbor by giving him a hypnotic gaze in a train car that convinces the neighbor to carry his luggage off the train at Oxford. In this novel, a woman tries to prevent the narrator's engagement to a professor by blocking the announcement in the Times. A central character in this book elopes to Sicily with a man who is nicknamed the "Lecherous Lecturer" because of his lewd conversations with young girls. After "Boy" Dougdale leaves England with his (*) niece, the favor of the Montdores in this novel redirects to the openly homosexual Cedric Hampton. It is the second novel narrated by Fanny Logan, and it runs parallel to its author's earlier book The Pursuit of Love. For 10 points, name this novel by Nancy Mitford in which Polly hopes that sexuality will be repressed in England's wintry weather.
A character in this novel is able to win the favor of his neighbor by giving him a hypnotic gaze in a train car that convinces the neighbor to carry his luggage off the train at Oxford.
Love in a Cold Climate