The Ivy Compton-Burnett Home Page
An introduction
Her novels
Her characters
An Ivy précis
Ivy on . . .
everything from
age to wild horses
Interviews
Ivy speaks!
Critics on Ivy Compton-Burnett
People in her life
Obituary
Introduction to
Manservant and Maidservant
Introduction to
A House and Its Head
Mistress of the Country House
Bibliography
Resources
Feedback
Two of Ivy's novels were reissued in paperback by New York Review Books in March 2001. Follow these links to learn more:
Manservant and Maidservant
A House and Its Head
Ivy Compton-Burnett
English Novelist, 1884-1969
"There is nobody in all this writing
world even remotely like her."
—Norman Shrapnel, Guardian
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