The Mitford Sisters
Dedicated to the most scandalous bunch of sisters of the 20th century. Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler-lover, Nancy the Novelist, Deborah the Duchess and Pamela the unobtrusive poultry connoisseur.
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Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah Mitford (the famous Mitford sisters) sketched by the artist William Acton sometime during the early 1930’s.
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“He was one of the most attentive husbands I’ve ever seen and one of the most devoted… I’ve never seen two people more completely in love as they were. I’ve never seen any two people that seemed to be so completely one.” — Virginia Durr
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24thMayThu
“ Diana’s way of talking was unique. One day when she was driving with Sir O along the Riviera he had to turn the car round, which involved backing it dangerously close to the cliff. ‘Vaguely whoa,’ was all she said quietly as he got nearer and nearer to the edge. ”
- Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire describing her sister Diana in Wait for Me! (via baptisms-)
17thMayThu
“ Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them. ”
- Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love (via dancingtoanimaginarysong)
16thMayWed
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15thMayTue
Jessica Mitford in Spain, 1937
26thAprThu
“ I was completely, deeply committed; I hadn’t been able to take my eyes off Esmond all weekend. I had watched the Scotts succumb to his extraordinary charm, like trees slowly falling before the wind. Although Esmond was the youngest person in the party, he had seemed like a star around which everything revolved. A wind, a star, he represented to me all that was bright, attractive and powerful, and I did wonder what he thought of me. There had been one slight indication; one night the party at Cousin Dorothy’s had played a primitive sort of parlor game, then popular, in which each guest gave the others marks for various qualities — beauty, sense of humor, intelligence, sex appeal and so forth. The scores were added and announced, and the papers kept anonymous. Terrified of being discovered, I had gone down in my dressing gown after everyone else was asleep to salvage the crumpled sheets from the wastebasket. I discarded two neatly penned papers as Scott products; another, in a spidery and old-fashioned hand, must be Cousin Dorothy’s; and I recognized my own. That left an untidy penciled scrawl, in which I had got straight “10’s” — the top mark. This must be Esmond’s paper. Other than that I had no clue. ”
- Jessica Mitford, Hons and Rebels (via fineoldconflicts)
24thAprTue
“ After agricultural shows, Marks & Spencer is the place to go shopping, and then Paris. Nothing in between seems to be much good. ”
- Her Grace Deborah Cavendish, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, in Counting My Chickens…And Other Home Thoughts (via acockeyedoptimist)
23rdAprMon
Mitford manor house gutted by fire
A POSH manor house built by the Mitford family has been badly damaged after a blaze broke out in the drawing room.
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22ndAprSun
Jessica Mitford, 1942
