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Jessica Mitford

Born

in The United Kingdom

September 11, 1917

Died

July 22, 1996

Website

http://www.themitfordinstitute.org/

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford was an English author, journalist and political campaigner, who was one of the Mitford sisters. She gained American citizenship in later life.

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Average rating: 4.07 · 9,155 ratings · 913 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford, Christopher Hitchens (Introduction), Patricia Antón (Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 4,592 ratings — published 1960 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Way of Death Revisited 3.98 avg rating — 2,362 ratings — published 1963 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Way of Death really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 519 ratings — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford by Jessica Mitford, Peter Y. Sussman (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 481 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking by Jessica Mitford, Carl Bernstein (Afterword) 4.11 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 1979 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fine Old Conflict 4.10 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1977 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Way of Birth 4.02 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business 4.06 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making Of A Muckraker 4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grace Had an English Heart 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.”
― Jessica Mitford

tags: muck-raking, social-action, writing

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“A thirteen-year-old is a kaleidoscope of different personalities, if not in most ways a mere figment of her own imagination. At that age, what and who you are depends largely on what book you happen to be reading at the moment.”
― Jessica Mitford, Hons and Rebels

tags: books, reading, teenagers

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“Objectivity? I always have an objective. ”
― Jessica Mitford

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Mad World: Evelyn Waugh And The Secrets Of Brideshead by Paula Byrne

7 votes, 17.5%

Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford

6 votes, 15.0%

Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Michael Korda

5 votes, 12.5%

The Weimar Republic 1919-1933 by Ruth Henig

4 votes, 10.0%

The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz by Denis Avey

4 votes, 10.0%

Signed, Mata Hari by Yannick Murphy

4 votes, 10.0%

Wilful Murder: The Sinking of the Lusitania by Diana Preston

3 votes, 7.5%

Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia Beach

3 votes, 7.5%

The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by Gay Salisbury

2 votes, 5.0%

Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum by Edward T. O'Donnell

2 votes, 5.0%

40 total votes

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