The Resource The Present and the Past, Ivy Compton-Burnett, (electronic resource)
The Present and the Past, Ivy Compton-Burnett, (electronic resource)
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The item The Present and the Past, Ivy Compton-Burnett, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Lane Public Library.
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- Summary
- Ivy Compton-Burnett is one of the most original, artful, and elegant writers of our century. -- Hilary Mantel When Cassius Clare and his first wife divorced, he insisted upon retaining custody of their two sons; he then remarried and fathered three more children. Now the first Mrs. Clare has returned after nine years' absence, begging to be allowed to visit the children. Cassius takes a malicious pleasure in granting her request, certain that she and the second Mrs. Clare will provide him with an amusing sideshow. Instead, the two women strike up a warm friendship that leaves him out in the cold -- and contemplating an attention-getting suicide attempt. Compton-Burnett was known as a writer's writer: Joyce Carol Oates called her work "Aeschylus and Sophocles funnily reinvented by Oscar Wilde"; John Waters described her books as "dark, hilarious, evil little novels"; and V. S. Pritchett, in 1955, noted she was "the most original novelist now writing in English." Discover for yourself why Compton-Burnett is treasured by such a wide range of authors. "Precise, poised, studied, epigrammatic artistry." -- Kirkus "Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not to put it down." -- Ivy Compton-Burnett "A rich story, told with far deeper insight and a bolder, more sure-footed appreciation of subtleties, than I think any of Compton-Burnet's contemporaries could achieve." -- The Spectator (U.K.)"
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Isbn
- 9780486844442
- Label
- The Present and the Past
- Title
- The Present and the Past
- Statement of responsibility
- Ivy Compton-Burnett
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Ivy Compton-Burnett is one of the most original, artful, and elegant writers of our century. -- Hilary Mantel When Cassius Clare and his first wife divorced, he insisted upon retaining custody of their two sons; he then remarried and fathered three more children. Now the first Mrs. Clare has returned after nine years' absence, begging to be allowed to visit the children. Cassius takes a malicious pleasure in granting her request, certain that she and the second Mrs. Clare will provide him with an amusing sideshow. Instead, the two women strike up a warm friendship that leaves him out in the cold -- and contemplating an attention-getting suicide attempt. Compton-Burnett was known as a writer's writer: Joyce Carol Oates called her work "Aeschylus and Sophocles funnily reinvented by Oscar Wilde"; John Waters described her books as "dark, hilarious, evil little novels"; and V. S. Pritchett, in 1955, noted she was "the most original novelist now writing in English." Discover for yourself why Compton-Burnett is treasured by such a wide range of authors. "Precise, poised, studied, epigrammatic artistry." -- Kirkus "Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not to put it down." -- Ivy Compton-Burnett "A rich story, told with far deeper insight and a bolder, more sure-footed appreciation of subtleties, than I think any of Compton-Burnet's contemporaries could achieve." -- The Spectator (U.K.)"
- Cataloging source
- CtWfDGI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1884-1969
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Compton-Burnett, I.
- Dewey number
- 823/.912
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6005.O3895
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Families
- Label
- The Present and the Past, Ivy Compton-Burnett, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Control code
- frd00031935
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780486844442
- Isbn Type
- (epub)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other control number
- 9780486844442
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- The Present and the Past, Ivy Compton-Burnett, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Control code
- frd00031935
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780486844442
- Isbn Type
- (epub)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other control number
- 9780486844442
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
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