| Author: | Ivy Compton-Burnett | ISBN: | 9781448202256 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | September 28, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Reader | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ivy Compton-Burnett |
| ISBN: | 9781448202256 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | September 28, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Reader |
| Language: | English |
The Donne family's move to the country is inspired by a wish to be close to their cousins, who are to be their nearest neighbours. It proves too close for comfort, however. For a secret switching of wills causes the most genteel pursuit of self-interest to threaten good relations and even good manners...
First published in 1944, Ivy Compton-Burnett employs her sharp ear for comedy and celebrated powers of dialogue to spectacular effect. She reveals a devastating microcosm of human society, in which the elders are by no means always the betters, in which no character is totally scrupulous, but none without their appeal.
The Donne family's move to the country is inspired by a wish to be close to their cousins, who are to be their nearest neighbours. It proves too close for comfort, however. For a secret switching of wills causes the most genteel pursuit of self-interest to threaten good relations and even good manners...
First published in 1944, Ivy Compton-Burnett employs her sharp ear for comedy and celebrated powers of dialogue to spectacular effect. She reveals a devastating microcosm of human society, in which the elders are by no means always the betters, in which no character is totally scrupulous, but none without their appeal.
