A God and His Gifts

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book A God and His Gifts by Ivy Compton-Burnett, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Author: Ivy Compton-Burnett ISBN: 9781448211531
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: June 25, 2013
Imprint: Bloomsbury Reader Language: English
Author: Ivy Compton-Burnett
ISBN: 9781448211531
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: June 25, 2013
Imprint: Bloomsbury Reader
Language: English

First published in 1963, A God and his Gifts was the last of Ivy Compton-Burnett's novels to be published in her lifetime and is considered by many to be one of her best. Set in the claustrophobic world of Edwardian upper-class family life, it is the story of the self-willed and arrogant Hereward Egerton. In his marriage to Ada Merton he maintains a veneer of respectability but through his intimate relationships with his sister, Emmeline, and his son's future wife, Hetty, he steps beyond the bounds of conventional morality with both comic and tragic results…

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First published in 1963, A God and his Gifts was the last of Ivy Compton-Burnett's novels to be published in her lifetime and is considered by many to be one of her best. Set in the claustrophobic world of Edwardian upper-class family life, it is the story of the self-willed and arrogant Hereward Egerton. In his marriage to Ada Merton he maintains a veneer of respectability but through his intimate relationships with his sister, Emmeline, and his son's future wife, Hetty, he steps beyond the bounds of conventional morality with both comic and tragic results…

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