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A Family & a Fortune
1939
Ivy Compton-Burnett's unique genius lay in her ability to convey, using the delicate undertones of drawing-room conversation, the major experiences of life and the intrinsic emotions of the heart.
In A Family and a Fortune through the central characters of Edgar Gaveston, his selfless younger brother Dudley, and the embittered Matilda Seaton, she examines the bizarre and terrible effects of death and inheritance.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"Her scalpel-sharp pen performed startling surgery on the accepted concept of genteel family life."
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Sunday Telegraph
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