Autobiography/Biography

Nancy Mitford by Harold Acton (All Editions)

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Nancy Mitford: A Memoir by Harold Acton is a portrait of the novelist and wit drawn by her lifelong friend. Nancy Mitford was the eldest and most famous of the six Mitford sisters — author of Love in a Cold Climate and The Pursuit of Love, and a journalist whose acid observations on English upper-class … Read more

For Sylvia by Valentine Ackland (All Editions)

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For Sylvia: An Honest Account by Valentine Ackland is an autobiographical essay written for her long-time companion, the novelist Sylvia Townsend Warner. Ackland traces her desperately unhappy childhood, her emotionally turbulent adolescence, her lesbian relationships, a disastrous marriage, her return to the Catholic church, and her long battle with alcoholism. Above all it is the … Read more

Sappho Was a Right-On Woman by Sidney Abbott & Barbara Love (All Editions)

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Sappho Was a Right-On Woman: A Liberated View of Lesbianism by Sidney Abbott and Barbara Love is a two-part study of lesbianism written from the inside. The first part examines how lesbians navigate a society that disapproves of their existence — the techniques of passing, the costs of concealment, and the pressures of living at … Read more