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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: 4.06 · 10,431 ratings · 1,065 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hons and Rebels 4.11 avg rating — 5,388 ratings — published 1960 — 60 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 3.97 avg rating — 2,594 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 3.98 avg rating — 573 ratings — published 1963 — 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
	Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford by Jessica Mitford, Peter Y. Sussman (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 2006 — 3 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 4.12 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 1979 — 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
	A Fine Old Conflict 4.12 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1977 — 11 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 4.03 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1992 — 12 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 4.17 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1973 — 12 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 — 3 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 3.73 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1988 — 3 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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The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford

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Black Boy by Richard Wright

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Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon

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Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood

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