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Nancy Mitford
Nancy Mitford 1904-73, English novelist and biographer, b. London. She managed a London bookshop during World War II and moved to Paris in 1945. Mitford and her six celebrated sisters were born into the British aristocracy, a class she satirizes in her novels, notably In Pursuit of Love (1945) an... Read more
Mary Russell Mitford
Mary Russell Mitford 1787-1855, English author. Her first volume of poetry (1810) sold well despite adverse criticism. Later she turned to playwriting, writing one notable success, Rienzi (1828). Our Village (5 vol., 1824-32), a series of gently humorous rural sketches, established her reputati... Read more
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley , 1896-1980, British fascist leader. He entered (1918) Parliament as a Conservative, became (1922) an independent, and then joined (1924) the Labour party. He was junior minister in the Labour government of 1929 but resigned (1930) when the cabinet rejected his economic prop... Read more
Beowulf
Beowulf , oldest English epic, probably composed in the early 8th cent. by an Anglian bard in the vicinity of Northumbria. It survives in only one manuscript, written c.AD 1000 by two scribes and preserved in the British Museum in the collection of Sir Robert Cotton. The materials for the poem are d... Read more
Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh
Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh , 1903-66, English writer, considered the greatest satirist of his generation. Educated at Oxford, he was briefly an art student and a teacher but spent much of his time traveling. He served with distinction in World War II. Waugh burst upon the literary scene with a gro... Read more

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Nancy Mitford
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Nancy Mitford 1904-73, English novelist and biographer...World War II and moved to Paris in 1945. Mitford and her six celebrated sisters were born...biography by S. Hastings (1986). Mitford's sister Jessica Mitford, 1917-96...
Mitford, Nancy (Freeman)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Mitford, Nancy (Freeman) (1904–...of many of the characters, and in Nancy Mitford's sharp ear for dialogue. Noblesse Oblige...historical biographies. Her sister Jessica Mitford (1917– ) has written...
Mitford
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Mitford Name of six British sisters, daughters...Redesdale. The most famous, Nancy Freeman Mitford (1904–73), was a novelist...Blessing (1951). Her sister, Jessica Mitford (1917–96), also wrote...
Mitford, Jessica (Lucy)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Mitford, Jessica (Lucy) (1917–1996), writer, journalist, and sister of N. Mitford . She early adopted left-wing views, and maintained a lifelong support of civil rights and other radical and sometimes unpopular causes. Her...
Mitford, Mary Russell
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Mitford, Mary Russell (1787–1855), published several volumes of poems...selection ed. A. G. L'Estrange (3 vols, 1870) and in Letters of M. R. Mitford, 2nd Series , ed. H. Chorley (2 vols, 1872).
Jessica Mitford
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Jessica Mitford see under Mitford, Nancy .
Mary Russell Mitford
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Mary Russell Mitford 1787-1855, English author. Her first volume of poetry (1810) sold well despite adverse criticism. Later she turned to playwriting...
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...after her death he married (1936) his mistress, Diana Mitford Guinness (1910-2003), sister of the writers Jessica and Nancy Mitford . Diana and another sister, Unity Freeman-Mitford, were friends of Hitler. Until after the outbreak of...
Gabrielle Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil Du Châtelet-Lomont, marquise
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1756. Her companion in her work was Voltaire , who lived at her chateau at Cirey (Cirey-sur-Blaise), for 15 years before her death. Bibliography: See biography by J. P. Zinsser (2006); N. Mitford, Voltaire in Love (1958).
Encounter
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...and literary review, founded in 1953, originally edited by S. Spender and Irving Kristol. It was the vehicle for N. Mitford's celebrated formulation of the ‘U’ and ‘Non-U’ concept (1955), and C...

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Rienzi
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...of the Tribunes). Opera in 5 acts by Wagner to his own lib. based on Bulwer-Lytton's novel (1835) and Mary Russell Mitford's play (1828). Comp. 1838–40. Prod. Dresden 1842, NY 1878, London (in Eng.) 1879.
U
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...appropriate to the upper social classes. The expression is an abbreviation of upper class, and was coined in 1954 by Alan S. C. Ross, professor of linguistics, the term was popularized by its use in Nancy Mitford's Noblesse Oblige (1956).

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Mitford v Berwick.
Newspaper article from: Northumberland Gazette (Alnwick, England); 8/23/2007; 680 words ; ...Saturday, August 18 AFTER three close defeats, Mitford entertained Berwick at Mitford Park looking to secure third place in the league...rain-laden clouds bearing down on the ground Mitford elected to bowl first. Mitford opened with M...
Mitford hold their nerve.
Newspaper article from: Morpeth Herald (Morpeth, England); 8/23/2007; 669 words ; Mitford v Berwick WICKETS fell regularly at Mitford Park but the home side held their nerve to get back to winning ways after three close defeats. Mitford fielded a strong line up and welcomed Terry Dunn back into...
Mitford plodge on over the border.
Newspaper article from: Northumberland Gazette (Alnwick, England); 7/5/2007; 700+ words ; Mitford v Tillside MITFORD dusted off their passports as they headed north to the Scottish borders...for the cricket tea that made the three hour round trip bearable. Mitford were without regular first team players of Scott Lawson and Dave D...
Rain spoils great day for Mitford bowlers.
Newspaper article from: Morpeth Herald (Morpeth, England); 7/5/2007; 659 words ; Tillside v Mitford MITFORD dusted off their passports as they headed North to the Scottish borders...chocolate cakes for tea that made the three hour round trip bearable. Mitford were without regular first team players Scott Lawson and Dave D...
THE LETTERS OF NANCY MITFORD AND EVELYN WAUGH, by Charlotte Mosley; Houghton Mifflin (527 pages, $40).(Originated from Knight-Ridder/Tribune)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 6/4/1997; ; 700+ words ; ``The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh'' is a record of...by Charlotte Mosley, is a trove for Mitford and Waugh fans. The letters are a...more celebrated of the two writers, Mitford holds her own in the correspondence...
Mitford go second in league.
Newspaper article from: Morpeth Herald (Morpeth, England); 6/21/2007; 683 words ; Mitford v Embleton ON a Saturday when only three Alnwick and District League matches were played, Mitford took advantage to go second in the league. Having won the toss, Mitford asked Embleton to bat first on a pitch that was...
MITFORD'S `WAY OF DEATH' CLASSIC ENTERS THE AFTERLIFE
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 8/9/1998; ; 677 words ; ...Bergen County, NJ) 08-09-1998 MITFORD'S `WAY OF DEATH' CLASSIC ENTERS THE...Sunday Thirty-five years ago, Jessica Mitford turned the funeral business upside down...expose, "The American Way of Death." Mitford has passed on, but her fight for fairness...
Muckraking Author Jessica Mitford Dies; Investigated Funeral Homes, U.S. Prisons
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/25/1996; ; 700+ words ; Jessica Mitford, 78, the muckraking author who skewered...sales of her book, she said later. Miss Mitford set the country talking with her charge...she had posed as a bereaved widow. Miss Mitford actively promoted low-cost cremations...
AUTHOR RETURNS READER TO MITFORD
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 5/29/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Jan Karon's made-up mountain town of Mitford has become as well-known in some circles...Mayberry, Episcopal priest Tim Kavanaugh in Mitford - who are honest, lovable and imperfect...Readers who have taken up residence in Mitford will be happy to know that In This Mountain...
`MITFORD' SERIES FANS PROMISED A SIP AT AFTERNOON TEA PROMISES SWEET LOOK AT MITFORD
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 6/18/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...well-known books part of fund-raiser Mitford is the biggest small town in America...characters and watched over by millions. Mitford, N.C., is the wholly fictional creation...which began in 1996 with At Home in Mitford, quickly moved beyond books (there are...