A First Omnibus
A First Omnibus by Ivy Compton-Burnett, published by Penguin in 1994, is a collection of her works that delves into life in the English country house at the turn of the century. This edition spans 671 pages and is presented in English. Compton-Burnett’s writing explores themes of family conflict and individual self-interest, revealing the intricacies of power struggles through the subtleties of drawing-room conversation, highlighting both what is articulated and what remains unspoken.
Readers will encounter a rich tapestry of narratives, including A Family and a Fortune, which examines the influence of money and the unsettling consequences of death and inheritance. Parents and Children portrays the stifling atmosphere within an extended late Victorian upper-middle-class family, while A God and his Gifts, her final completed work, challenges conventional morality through the character of Hereward Egerton. This omnibus offers a comprehensive view of Compton-Burnett’s unique literary voice, inviting readers to engage with the complex dynamics of human relationships.
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Life in the English country house, at the turn of the century, is the world that Ivy Compton-Burnett made inimitably her own. Her themes are family conflict and individual self-interest, her power-struggles are fought out, politely and devastatingly, through the nuances of drawing-room conversation, through what is said–and what is left unsaid.
In A Family and a Fortune the power of money and the bizarre and terrible effects of death and inheritance are examined, while Parents and Children reveals the suffocating claustrophobia existing within an extended late Victorian upper-middle-class family. In A God and his Gifts, published in 1963 and her last completed work, conventional morality is turned on its head in the shape of the wilful and arrogant Hereward Egerton. To the listening ear, these Ivy Compton-Burnett novels will play a rare music, subtly attuned to the most disturbing notes of the human comedy.
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