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Ivy Compton-Burnett

Born

in The United Kingdom

June 05, 1884

Died

August 27, 1969

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, DBE was an English novelist, published (in the original hardback editions) as I. Compton-Burnett. She was awarded the 1955 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her novel Mother and Son.

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Average rating: 3.47 · 2,393 ratings · 529 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	A House and Its Head by Ivy Compton-Burnett, Francine Prose (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.47 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 1935 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manservant and Maidservant by Ivy Compton-Burnett, Diane Johnson (Introduction) 3.44 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 1947 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Più donne che uomini 3.02 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1933 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pastors and Masters 3.13 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1925 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Present and the Past 3.57 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1953 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parents and Children 3.73 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1941 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Family and a Fortune 3.50 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1939 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A God and His Gifts 3.80 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un'eredità e la sua storia by Ivy Compton-Burnett, Elena De Angeli (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1959 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mother and Son 3.64 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1955 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Speaking of things robs them of half their terrors.”
― Ivy Compton-Burnett, Manservant and Maidservant

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“...poets generally write as if they were dead.”
― Ivy Compton-Burnett

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“People do not like to lose their lives. That is the reason why they should not take other people's.”
― Ivy Compton-Burnett

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