Acerbic, brutal and mordantly funny: Ivy ComptonBurnett's most unsparing dissection of the patria...

»Wahnsinnig lustig und erschütternd ... wie Jane Austen auf Droge.« Harper's Magazine Ein Weihnac...

»Wahnsinnig lustig und erschütternd ... wie Jane Austen auf Droge.« Harper's Magazine Ein Weihnac...

Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884-1969) was a reclusive novelist who in the 1950s became known in literar...

Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884-1969) was a reclusive novelist who in the 1950s became known in literar...

The electrically witty story of a headmistress struggling to retain an iron grip on the hidden pl...

Tradimenti, incesti, ricatti, odi repressi: forse nessuno meglio della 'Grande Signorina' - così ...

A House and Its Head is Ivy Compton-Burnett's subversive look at the politics of family life, and...

Harriet Haslam, severa madre di famiglia, è in grado di scatenare un uragano con poche parole, co...

In una prospera cittadina inglese a inizio Novecento, un grande istituto femminile è diretto da J...

Il patriarcato trova la sua più fedele espressione nella figura di Duncan Edgeworth: padre tirann...

'The sight of duty does make one shiver,' said Miss Herrick. 'The actual doing of it would kill o...