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Pastors and Masters

by Ivy Compton-Burnett

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1925
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This short, sharp novel marked the real beginning of Ivy Compton-Burnett's distinctive art. It centers on a shabby boys' preparatory school nominally run by the elderly, self-important Nicholas Herrick, who does little of the actual teaching and takes credit for a book he did not write. Told almost entirely through crisp, barbed dialogue, the story lays bare the vanity, laziness, and quiet cruelty of a small circle of schoolmasters, clergymen, and their dependents. Little happens by conventional standards, yet every exchange cuts. Compton-Burnett strips away sentiment to show how people wound one another with words alone. Admirers have long valued its cold wit and originality.

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Ivy Compton-Burnett

Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884-1969) was an English novelist known for a highly unusual style built almost entirely from dialogue. Her twenty novels dissect tyranny and buried secrets within Victorian and Edwardian upper-middle-class families. Made a Dame in 1967, she remains a writer's writer, admired for her mordant wit.

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First published
1925
Reading time
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Pages
80
Language
English
Genre
Satire
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