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'''Ivy Compton-Burnett''' (pronounced 'Cumpton-Burnit', [[5 June]] [[1884]] – [[27 August]] [[1969]]) was an [[English]] [[novelist]]. Her work is characterised by extensive use of dialogue, and concentrates on family (and sometimes school) life in roughly the [[King Edwardian VII|Edwardian]] era.  Many of her novels turn on unexpected crimes or misdemeanours that are uncovered, such as illegitimacy and even murder, though her books have no detectives.
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'''Ivy Compton-Burnett''' (pronounced 'Cumpton-Burnit', 5 June 1884 – 27 August 1969) was an [[English]] [[novelist]] (published in the  original hardbacks as 'I. Compton-Burnett'). Her work is propelled by almost perpetual dialogue, and concentrates on family (and sometimes school) life in roughly the [[Edward VII|Edwardian]] era.  Many of her novels turn on unexpected crimes or misdemeanours that are uncovered, such as [[illegitimacy]] and even [[murder]], though her books have no detectives.


Among her themes are mony, power, ageing and inheritance.  Incest is revealed, and she was one of the first novelists to deal with homosexuality.
Among her themes are money, power, ageing and [[inheritance]].  [[Incest]] is revealed to have taken place, and she was one of the first novelists to deal with [[homosexuality]].


There is also a pronounced upstairs-downstairs angle, with powerful butlers and cooks lording it over maids and servant boys; and impoverished governesses.  This reflects the world that Ivy grew up in in Hove, on the southern English coast.
There is also a pronounced upstairs-downstairs angle, with powerful [[butlers]] and cooks lording it over maids and servant boys; and impoverished [[governesses]].  This reflects the world of Ivy's youth in [[Hove]], to the west of [[Brighton]], on the southern English coast.


==Complete Bibliography ==
The daughter of a [[homeopathy|homeopath]], Compton-Burnett had a degree in [[Classics]] from [[Holloway College|Holloway]], [[London University]], and it shows in her dialogue, which is compressed, witty, and at times oratorical.
 
*''Dolores'' ('something one wrote as a girl', rejected by the author, [[1911]])
*''[[Pastors and Masters]]'' ([[1925]])
*''[[Brothers and Sisters (novel)|Brothers and Sisters]]'' ([[1929]])
*''[[Men and Wives]]'' ([[1931]])
*''[[More Women Than Men]]'' ([[1933]])
*''[[A House and Its Head]]'' ([[1935]])
*''[[Daughters and Sons]]'' ([[1937]])
*''[[A Family and a Fortune]]'' ([[1939 in literature|1939]])
*''[[Parents and Children]]'' ([[1941]])
*''[[Elders and Betters]]'' ([[1944]])
*''[[Manservant and Maidservant]]'' ([[1947]]; ''Bullivant and the Lambs'' in the [[United States]])
*''[[Two Worlds and Their Ways]]'' ([[1949]])
*''[[Darkness and Day]]'' ([[1951 in literature|1951]])
*''[[The Present and the Past]]'' ([[1953]])
*''[[Mother and Son (novel)|Mother and Son]]'' ([[1955]])
*''[[A Father and His Fate]]'' ([[1957]])
*''[[A Heritage and Its History]]'' ([[1959]])
*''[[The Mighty and Their Fall]]'' ([[1961]])
*''[[A God and His Gifts]]'' ([[1963]])
*''[[The Last and the First]]'' (posthumous, [[1971]])

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Ivy Compton-Burnett (pronounced 'Cumpton-Burnit', 5 June 1884 – 27 August 1969) was an English novelist (published in the original hardbacks as 'I. Compton-Burnett'). Her work is propelled by almost perpetual dialogue, and concentrates on family (and sometimes school) life in roughly the Edwardian era. Many of her novels turn on unexpected crimes or misdemeanours that are uncovered, such as illegitimacy and even murder, though her books have no detectives.

Among her themes are money, power, ageing and inheritance. Incest is revealed to have taken place, and she was one of the first novelists to deal with homosexuality.

There is also a pronounced upstairs-downstairs angle, with powerful butlers and cooks lording it over maids and servant boys; and impoverished governesses. This reflects the world of Ivy's youth in Hove, to the west of Brighton, on the southern English coast.

The daughter of a homeopath, Compton-Burnett had a degree in Classics from Holloway, London University, and it shows in her dialogue, which is compressed, witty, and at times oratorical.

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