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Mitford, Nancy (sh)




born Nov. 28, 1904, London, Eng.
died June 30, 1973, Versailles, France

British writer.

Born into an eccentric, aristocratic family, she became known for her witty satiric novels of upper-class life, including the quasi-autobiographical The Pursuit of Love (1945), Love in a Cold Climate (1949), The Blessing (1951), and Don't Tell Alfred (1960). A volume of essays she coedited, Noblesse Oblige (1956), popularized the distinction between linguistic usages that are "U" (upper-class) and "non-U." Her sister Jessica (1917-96) was a noted writer on U.S. society whose best-known book was The American Way of Death (1963).