Weird but the wedding has made me want to read something sort of posh and British....

[Moulesfrites]

any recommendations?

Brideshead Revisited? Maybe a bit Popish though.

Jilly cooper Riders.

something by Nancy Mitford, Pursuit of Love or Love In A Cold Climate maybe?

I enjoyed this, The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets.

Also I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith. Gorgeous book.

Yes to I Capture The Castle.

How about just going straight for the best though ie: Jane Austen?

Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)

Anything by PG Wodehouse or Nancy Mitford, or the edited Mitford sisters' letters

Vile Bodies or A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh

The Mapp and Lucia series by EF Benson

Dorothy L Sayers murders: the Wimsey/Vane courtship and honeymoon ones would probably suit your mood (Strong Poison, Have his Carcass, Gaudy Night and Busman's Honeymoon)

Or return to childhood and try the Flambards series.

Oh I loved Flambards! They made it into a tv series didn't they, I was at Boarding School and there was always a massive crowd round the tv on Sunday afternoons to swoon over that cad Mark. Christine did get about a bit though it has to be said .

can't go wrong with a bit of pride and prejudice, surely? [cgrin]

Julian Fellowes - Snobs. I wasn't keen myself but lots of others seem to have enjoyed it!

another vote for Nancy Mitford

I second Snobs by Julian Fellowes. Very appropriate. It's an easy read and easy to get in to.

Can't beat Pride and Prejudice for posh, British and romantic and middle class girls marrying above their station.

Ticks all the boxes

I have been reading Pride and Prejudice since this time last week.

On Friday, I said to DH: "Oh I'm bored now of watching and hearing about some middle class woman marrying a rich bloke above her station and having to deal with his awful family and snobby friends - I'm off to read me book."

yy to Nancy Mitford also loved Capture the Castle.

I've just finished this and loved it. Lots of "posh" chitter chatter and really good fun.

i agree with Mrs Dalloway by Woolf. Also EM Forster - classic British, stiff, but wonderful.

and what about Remains of the Day by Ishiguro?

You need Howard's End - or any Foster

Forster sorry

The Camomile Lawn? Although I also second the votes for Nancy Mitford, Dorothy L Sayers and Dodie Smith.

Or pretty much any of the books published by the Persephone book shop.

Another vote for Snobs by Julian Fellowes, and also his second book, Past Imperfect. Soooo brilliant and readable!

If you want something non-fiction but regal how about William Shawcross' biography of the Queen Mum.

Not a light read but amazing social history as it covers the 20th Century.

Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard. Story of a wealthy English family from 1937-45. Four books with the stories of the adults and the children as they grow up. Mind you they are only Upper Middle Class, so perhaps not posh enough. Well written too!

Agree re Julian Fellowes - Snobs especially good.

The Cazalet Chronicles are fantastic, I read them after a Mumsnet recommendation!

Another suggestion is The Go Between by LP Hartley.