I read this quite hungrily because I needed a Mitford fix and I couldn't get the Sisters bio on kindle. Hons and Rebels is an enchanting and deeply absorbing memoir of an isolated and eccentric upbringing which conceals beneath its witty, light-hearted surface much wisdom and depth of feeling. by NYRB Classics. . ). 25 relations. Why or why not? . [5][6], "Christopher Hitchens interviews Jessica Mitford (1988)", "In a Lifetime of Letters, the Evolution of an Aristocrat", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hons_and_Rebels&oldid=1003689492, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 January 2021, at 05:48. Daughters and rebels by Jessica Mitford, October 31, 2001, Quality Words edition, Audio Cassette Hons and Rebels (October 31, 2001 edition) | Open Library Donate ♥ My favorite part about this book was the author's description of her childhood. After a gripping tale of Decca's escape to Civil War Spain with her cousin, the teenaged antifascist Esmond Romilly, the book runs out of gas as the young couple goes to America and stumbles from one survival scheme to the next. I also enjoyed the section about Mitford and her husband selling stockings. So I'm basically just walking around like a raw nerve and I'm not sure that I... Jessica Mitford, the great muckraking journalist, was part of a legendary English aristocratic family. I've never paid much attention to Jessica 'Decca' Mitford, and this book doesn't really make me want to. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. We’d love your help. in a half hour or so). Hons and Rebels is the hugely entertaining tale of Mitford's upbringing, which was, as she dryly remarks, “not exactly conventional. Would appreciate your sharing. Thank you. Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Returns & Orders. Why or why not? My mouth was agape the entire time I read HONS AND REBELS...it seemed incredible that Mitford's story wasn't fiction. At that age, what and who you are depends largely on what book you happen to be reading at the moment.”, “I discovered that Human Nature was not, as I had always supposed, a fixed and unalterable entity, that wars are not caused by a natural urge in men to fight, that ownership of land and factories is not necessarily the natural reward of greater wisdom and energy.”. Jessica is so interesting and her childhood dream of running away is realised with sheer guts and determination. Hons and Rebels is an enchanting and deeply absorbing memoir of an isolated and eccentric upbringing which conceals beneath its witty, light-hearted surface much wisdom and depth of feeling. If anyone asked me who my favourite Mitford was it would be Nancy every time, the most fascinating was Diana, but the one I would have most likely liked in real life - would have been Jessica. Aristocratic and hilariously eccentric upbringing, one of the famous/infamous Mitford sisters (their number including a noted writer in Nancy, not one but TWO Nazis, and a communist--that's Jessica), elopement with her dreamy second cousin and their travels to go fight in the Spanish Civil War, emmigrating to America on next to no money, romantic slumming around the USA...you really could not make a lot of this stuff up. Hons and Rebels is the hugely entertaining tale of Mitford's upbringing, which was, as she dryly remarks, “not exactly conventional. Her sisters included Nancy, doyenne of the 1920s London smart set and a noted novelist and biographer; Diana, wife to the English fascist chief Sir Oswald Mosley; Unity, who fell head over in heels in love with Hitler; and Deborah, later the Duchess of Devonshire. ‘Hons and Rebels reads like a comic novel, except the characters would be judged too outlandish. By turns hilarious and poignant, Jessica Mitford's account of her formative years is a classic. Jessica Mitford might have been surprised to learn that her memoir, Hons and Rebels , was being dubbed a “medical classic.” The book, first published half a century ago, describes the life of her large (she was one of seven children), eccentric, aristocratic family in the years between the first and second world wars. Unity befriended Nazi leader Hitler,[3] who praised her as an ideal of Aryan beauty. What do you think of the w. I think some good questions would be; Do you think Jessica did the right thing by running away with Esmond? English. EMBED. The second youngest daughter of the 2nd Baron Redesdalee, she had an unconventional upbringing where education was the bare minimum to make a good wife. 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