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A God and His Gifts

Book ID
126242567
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Year
2013
Tongue
English
Weight
226 KB
Category
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✦ Synopsis

First published in 1963, A God and his Gifts was the last of Ivy Compton-Burnett's novels to be published in her lifetime and is considered by many to be one of her best. Set in the claustrophobic world of Edwardian upper-class family life, it is the story of the self-willed and arrogant Hereward Egerton. In his marriage to Ada Merton he maintains a veneer of respectability but through his intimate relationships with his sister, Emmeline, and his son's future wife, Hetty, he steps beyond the bounds of conventional morality with both comic and tragic results…

✦ Subjects

Современная русская и зарубежная проза

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