With less of the charm and debonair gaiety of Pursuit of Love, this
approximates more closely social satire and is a delicately
devastating portrait of the British aristocracy. As told by Fanny
Logan, the most natural note in the narrative, this concerns
several families of imposing bloodlines and often erratic
eccentricity, particularly the Montdores whose only daughter Polly
is Fanny's close friend. Lady Montdore, with her gimlet eye toward
the rest of the world and her aggrieved attitude towards Polly, is
a redoubtable figure, while Polly, whose beauty does not conceal
her indifference towards the men she should attract, is quietly
hostile towards her mother's social and marital ambitions for her.
With the death of her aunt, Polly marries her uncle, a tired
reprobate, is promptly disinherited by the irate Lady Montdore. It
is Cedric, a cousin from Nova Scotia, imported as Polly's
successor, who- though a nance- brings back warmth and splendor to
the Montdores' lonely lives, accomplishes Lady Montdore's radiant
rejuvenation... A portrait of an era, a class, a tradition which is
always amusing and accomplished- but which lacks the engaging,
endearing (presumably more popular) qualities of the first. (Kirkus
Reviews)
'How lovely - green velvet and silver, I call that a dream, so soft and delicious, too.' She rubbed a fold of the skirt against her cheek. 'Mine's silver lamé, it smells like a bird cage when it gets hot but I do love it. Aren't you thankful evening skirts are long again?'
The dresses, but oh the boredom of the Season, even for Polly Hampton, with her outstanding looks and excellent social connections - the ultimate 'It Girl' of fashionable society. Groomed from a young age for marriage by her mother, the fearsome Landy Montdore, Polly causes a scandal when she declares her love for her uncle 'Boy Douglas', the Lecherous Lecturer, and runs off to Italy ...
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