Nancy Mitford Quotes


Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.


Citations

Mitford, Nancy. The Pursuit of Love. Hamish Hamilton, 1945.

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Nancy Mitford
Nancy Mitford
  • Born: November 28, 1904
  • Died: June 30, 1973
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Novelist, Biographer

Nancy Freeman-Mitford CBE, known as Nancy Mitford, was an English novelist, biographer, and journalist. The eldest of the Mitford sisters, she was regarded as one of the "Bright Young People" on the London social scene in the years between the world wars. She wrote several novels about upper-class life in England and France, and is considered a sharp and often provocative wit. She also has a reputation as a writer of popular historical biographies.