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Jessica Mitford was an English author known for her critical analysis of the middle class. Her work spanned a variety of subjects, including social commentary, history, and biography. Born on September 11, 1917, she passed away on July 22, 1996.

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“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Where, indeed. Many a badly stung survivor, faced with the aftermath of some relative's funeral, has ruefully concluded that the victory has been won hands down by a funeral establishment - in disastrously unequal battle.”

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Book:The American Way of Death Revisited

Source: The American Way of Death Revisited

“Alas, poor Yorick! How surprised he would be to see how his counterpart of today is whisked off to a funeral parlor and is in short order sprayed, sliced, pierced, pickled, trussed, trimmed, creamed, waxed, painted, rouged and neatly dressed - transformed from a common corpse into a Beautiful Memory Picture.”

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Book:The American Way of Death Revisited

Source: The American Way of Death Revisited

“Now there is a society where the funeral industry got completely out of control.”

Industry Funeral

Author:Jessica Mitford

About the Author

Born: September 11, 1917
Died: July 22, 1996
Known for: Author
Quotes: 28

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