Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Ivy Compton-Burnett
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Manservant and Maidservant
A ruthless satire of power struggles and petty economies, Manservant and Maidservant exposes the violence and cruelty at the core of Victorian family life.
More Women Than Men
As another term begins at her girls' school, Josephine Napier reasserts her iron grip over her teachers and family. Her air of studied self-sacrifice conceals ruthless …
Daughters and Sons
'Shrewd, sly, mordantly funny and magnificently odd, few literary voices are as distinctive, or as entertaining, as Ivy Compton-Burnett's. To see a novel of hers back in print is …
A House and Its Head
It is Christmas Day, 1885, and the Edgeworths are at each other's throats again. Duncan holds his wife and children captive to his authoritarian whims; every day brings fresh …
Pastors and Masters
Described in contemporary reviews as 'a work of genius', "Pastors and Masters" inaugurated the writing career of an author gifted with a rare skill for characterisation and for wry …
Two Worlds and Their Ways
Sefton and his sister Clemence are dispatched to separate boarding schools. Their father's second marriage, their mother's economies, provide perfect opportunities for mockery, and …
The Present and the Past
'I cannot be parted longer from my sons...I am coming back to my home' Nine years after her divorce from Cassius Clare, Catherine decides to re-enter his life. Her decision causes …
The Last and the First
The Last and the First was Ivy Compton-Burnett's final novel. In it she deals with her familiar themes - tyranny, power and corruption. Although the novel was unfinished at the …
The Present and the Past
"Ivy Compton-Burnett is one of the most original, artful, and elegant writers of our century." -- Hilary Mantel When Cassius Clare and his first wife divorced, he insisted upon …
Pastors and Masters (Heathen Edition)
Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884-1969) was a reclusive novelist who in the 1950s became known in literary circles as "the English Secret," and was considered austere and unassuming by all …
House and Its Head
'The merriest tale of human depravity you will ever read' HILARY MANTELIvy Compton-Burnett's mordantly funny, unsparing dissection of the patriarchal family, back in print with an …