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Compton-Burnett [ˈkɒmptənbɜːˈnɛt -ˈbɜːnɪt] n (Biographies / Compton-Burnett, Ivy (1884-1969) F, English, WRITING: novelist) Dame Ivy. 1884-1969, English novelist. Her novels include Men and Wives (1931) and Mother and Son (1955) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There, he worked out why business such as Amazon or Netflix could make big profits not from blockbusters (DVDs from Roland Emmerich's fatuous cinematic oeuvre, Jordan's novel) but from selling hard-to-find items (Tarkovsky DVD boxed sets, out-of-print Ivy Compton-Burnett novels). Elizabeth Taylor and Ivy Compton-Burnett are still writing about governesses well after the second world war. The novelist Ivy Compton-Burnett, born 1884, had seven sisters: None of the eight ever married. |
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