Daughters and Sons

Name: Daughters and Sons
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By Ivy Compton-Burnett

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Summary

Daughters and Sons by Ivy Compton-Burnett explores the dynamics of a Victorian family, delving into their intricate relationships and societal pressures. It examines themes of power, inheritance, and authority through sharp dialogue and complex characters. The novel unfolds as the family navigates internal conflicts and external expectations, offering a poignant commentary on social norms and familial duty.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this novel if you're drawn to intricately woven dialogue and intense family dynamics. The story delves into the complexities of power and the subtle tyrannies within a household, beautifully exploring themes of dominance, rebellion, and the intricate relationships among family members.

Daughters and Sons

'Shrewd, sly, mordantly funny and magnificently odd, few literary voices are as distinctive, or as entertaining, as Ivy Compton-Burnett's. To see a novel of hers back in print is always a cause for celebration' - Sarah Waters

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Sabine Ponsonby presides over her large household with despotic force, rivalled only by her imperious daughter, Hetta. While her needling cruelties cause one governess after another to flee, the family's younger generation begins to stir in revolt.

Written in Ivy Compton-Burnett's iconic style, with dialogue seething with veiled insults and manipulations, Daughters and Sons is an acidic comedy of manners about the self-consuming power struggles of the Victorian family.

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Critics praise Daughters and Sons for its originality and artful prose, describing it as an elegant and singular experience. Compton-Burnett's distinct literary voice is celebrated for being shrewd, sly, and mordantly funny, with a unique style that bears shades of Jane Austen but remains entirely original. Her exploration of primal emotions within a genteel setting is both shocking and true, with characters delivering witty lines reminiscent of Dorothy Parker and Oscar Wilde. This work is considered part of our great twentieth-century fictional heritage, alongside writers like Virginia Woolf and Elizabeth Bowen.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781782278702

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 July 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pushkin Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884-1969) was one of twentieth-century England's most original and admired writers. The seventh of thirteen children, she was raised in Richmond and Hove and studied Classics at Royal Holloway College. Her family was struck by repeated disasters starting with the death of her father in 1901; Compton-Burnett eventually took charge of the household until it was broken up during the First World War.

Compton-Burnett lived alone in London until she was joined in 1919 by Margaret Jourdain, a writer and furniture expert who was to be her lifelong companion. Aside from a disavowed early novel, Compton-Burnett published eighteen highly acclaimed works of fiction in her lifetime, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was made a Dame shortly before her death. A House and Its Head, More Women than Men and Manservant and Maidservant are also available from Pushkin Press.