Elders and Betters
, by Compton-Burnett, IvyNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781448200931 | 1448200938
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/20/2012
The Donne family's move to the country is inspired by a wish to be close to their cousins, who are to be their nearest neighbours. It proves too close for comfort, however. For a secret switching of wills causes the most genteel pursuit of self-interest to threaten good relations and even good manners... Ivy Compton-Burnett employs her sharp ear for comedy and celebrated powers of dialogue to spectacular effect. She reveals a devastating microcosm of human society, in which the elders are by no means always the betters, in which no character is totally scrupulous, but none without their appeal.