A Family and a Fortune - Ivy Compton-Burnett - Books - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 9781448204182 - August 14, 2012
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Edwin Muir wrote of Ivy Compton-Burnett in the Observer: 'Her literary abilities have been abundantly acknowledged by the majority of her literary contemporaries. Her intense individuality has removed her from the possibility of rivalry. .. . She takes as her theme the tyrannies and internecine battles of English family life in leisured well-conducted country houses. To Miss Compton-Burnett the family conflict is intimate, unrelenting, very often indecisive and fought out mainly in conversation. . . . The passions which bring distress to her country houses have recently devastated continents.'

To present an image of this totally unique writer, we have to imagine a Jane Austen writing, in the present day, Greek prose tragedies (in which the wicked generally triumph) on late Victorian themes. First published in 1939, A Family of a Fortune conveys, largely through dialogue (which may be subtle, humorous, envenomed, or tragic), the effects of death and inheritance on the house of Gaveston - in particular on the relations between Edgar and his selfless younger brother, Dudley. This, apart from the embittered character of Matilda Seaton, is her kindliest novel.

314 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 14, 2012
ISBN13 9781448204182
Publishers Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pages 314
Dimensions 153 × 234 × 18 mm   ·   440 g
Language English  

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