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Ivy Compton-Burnett

Ivy Compton-BurnettBorn: 5-Jun-1884
Birthplace: Pinner, Middlesex, England
Died: 27-Aug-1969
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Lesbian
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Pastors and Masters

Girlfriend: Margaret Jourdain (lifelong companion, interior decorator, d. 1951)

    University: BA Classics, Holloway College, University of London (1906)

    Dame of the British Empire 1968

Author of books:
Dolores (1911, novel)
Pastors and Masters (1925, novel)
Brothers and Sisters (1929, novel)
Men and Wives (1931, novel)
More Women Than Men (1933, novel)
A House and Its Head (1935, novel)
Daughters and Sons (1937, novel)
A Family and a Fortune (1939, novel)
Parents and Children (1941, novel)
Elders and Betters (1944, novel)
Manservant and Maidservant (1947, novel)
Two Worlds and Their Ways (1949, novel)
Darkness and Day (1951, novel)
The Present and the Past (1953, novel)
Mother and Son (1955, novel)
A Father and His Fate (1957, novel)
A Heritage and Its History (1959, novel)
The Mighty and Their Fall (1961, novel)
A God and His Gifts (1963, novel)
The Last and the First (1971, novel)



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