Manservant and Maidservant [electronic resource]
Ivy Compton-Burnett2022
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Reissue of a caustically witty story of the tensions and petty tyrannies in a
Victorian household from an essential 20th-century novelist
'Original, artful and elegant... To read her for the first time is a singular
experience' Hilary Mantel
Horace Lamb runs an austere household with tyrannical force and cruel thrift.
His five children shiver through the winter and learn that a fire is not a thing
to be taken for granted. Hierarchies are more lightly enforced in the servants'
quarters, where Bullivant and Mrs Selden attempt to rein in their young charges.
When Horace suddenly turns attentive and caring, the real difficulties begin:
the taut order of the household slackens, setting loose old grievances.
Her own favourite among her novels, Manservant and Maidservant is Ivy
Compton-Burnett at her witty, lacerating best. A ruthless satire of power
struggles and petty economies, it exposes the violence and cruelty at the core
of Victorian family life.
Main title:
Manservant and Maidservant [electronic resource] / Ivy Compton-Burnett
Author:
Ivy Compton-Burnett, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Pushkin Press, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781782278696
Language:
English
BRN:
437211
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |