April 2011
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Apr 30th
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Society Women, 1938: the Hon Pamela Herman Hodge...
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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The Other Nancy Mitford
lareviewofbooks: Jane Smiley Let’s pretend that we know no more of Nancy Mitford than we do of Shakespeare, that we have a tempting outline of her life with one or two intriguing details, but no family notoriety, no volumes of letters, no newspaper articles or gossip.  In fact, let’s pretend that Nancy Mitford’s novels weren’t written by the famous Nancy Mitford but by some entirely obscure...
Apr 22nd
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malkined asked: For my literary biography class, I'm writing my final on how the Mitfords have been portrayed in their biographies. Anyway, I must be thinking of this REALLY hard because last night I had a dream about Diana and Oswald Mosely lol :( I don't remember what it was about but they were there and I woke up all, WTF SUBCONCIOUS.
Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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Apr 20th
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“Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don’t ‘stand...”
– Jessica Mitford
Apr 16th
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Apr 16th
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Apr 13th
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“Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?”
– Nancy Mitford (via champagne4lulu)
Apr 12th
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Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
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HISTORICITY (was already taken): The Mitfords →
historicity-was-already-taken: From left to right: Jessica Mitford (1917-1996), Nancy Mitford (1904-1973), Diana Mitford (1910-2003), Unity Mitford (1914-1948), and Pamela Mitford (1907-1994); photo taken in 1935. Deborah Mitford (1920-present); photo taken in 1940. This is for the Potter fans out there. I found this post really fascinating. Knowing that the Mitfords were the inspiration...
Apr 10th
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Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
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Apr 8th
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Apr 2nd
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Apr 2nd
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