Ivy Compton-Burnett

Ivy Compton - Burnett ( born June 5, 1884 in Middlesex, † August 27 1969 in London) was an English writer.

Life and work

Compton Burnet is a representative of the English narrative literature of modernity. She wrote novels, which consist primarily of stylized dialogues. Most are family conflicts in the foreground. Their major works include Men and Wives ( 1931), A Family and a Fortune (1939) and Parents and Children ( 1941).

Peter Marginter translated four novels of Ivy Compton - Burnett into German: A God and his gifts (1989 ), parents and children ( 1990), High and Holy ( 1991) and Diener and Served (1992).

Works

  • Dolores ( 1911)
  • Pastors and Masters (1925 )
  • Brothers and Sisters ( 1929)
  • Men and Wives ( 1931)
  • More Women Than Men ( 1933)
  • A House and Its Head (1935 )
  • Daughters and Sons ( 1937)
  • A Family and a Fortune (1939 )
  • Parents and Children (1941 )
  • Elders and Betters (1944 )
  • Manservant and maidservant (1947 )
  • Two Worlds and Their Ways (1949 )
  • Darkness and Day ( 1951)
  • The Present and the Past ( 1953)
  • Mother and Son (1955 )
  • A Father and His Fate (1957 )
  • A Heritage and Its History ( 1959)
  • The Mighty and Their Fall ( 1961)
  • A God and His Gifts ( 1963)
  • The Last and the First ( published posthumously in 1971)
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