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NancyMitfordOutlineBriefintroductionStyleWorksTheMitfordSistersTorcelloBorn:November28,1904,London,EnglandDied:January30,1973(aged68),Versailles(凡尔赛),FranceSheisanEnglishnovelist,biographerandjournalist.Sheisnotedforherwittynovelsofupper-classlife.ShewasbornintoanEnglishnoblefamilyandbroughtupinLondon.ShewasthemostfamousoneofthesixMitfordSisters.Shedidn'treceiveanyformaleducation,whichresultedinherhumorinsomedegree.ShemovedtoParisattheendoftheSecondWorldWarandlatertoVersailesin1967.Shehadthreefailedloveexperiencesandshehadnochildren,butshesucceedinwriting.Atfirst,shewrotejusttokilltimebutwhenherfifthnovelThePursuitofLovebecamethebest-selleratthattime,sherealizedtheeconomicindependence.StyleHernovels,letters,articlesandessaysarenotableforherhumor,irony,"teases"andculturalandsocialbreadth.HerWorksHighlandFling(1931)ChristmasPudding(1932)WigsontheGreen(1935)《冲突》PigeonPie(1940)ThePursuitofLove(1945)《追爱天涯》LoveinaColdClimate(1949)《爱在寒冬》TheBlessing(1951)《保佑》MadamedePompadour(1954)VoltaireinLove(1957)TheWaterBeetle(1962)TheMitfordSistersNancyMitfordPamelaMitfordDianaMitfordUnityMitfordJessicaMitfordDeborahMitfordNancyTorcello托尔切洛岛TorcelloisaquietandsparselypopulatedislandatthenorthernendoftheVenetianLagoon.Itistheoldestcontinuouslypopulated[citationneeded]regionofVenice,andonceheldthelargestpopulationoftheRepublicofVenice.