| Manservant and Maidservant Contributor(s): Compton-Burnett, Ivy (Author), Johnson, Diane (Introduction by) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0940322633 ISBN-13: 9780940322639 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2001 Annotation: At once the strangest and most marvelous of Ivy Compton-Burnett's fictions, "Manservant and Maidservant" has for its subject the domestic life of Horace Lamb, sadist, skinflint, and tyrant. But it is when Horace undergoes an altogether unforeseeable change of heart that the real difficulties begin. Is the repentant master a victim along with the former slave? And how can anyone endure the memory of the wrongs that have been done?" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00011547 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.75 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At once the strangest and most marvelous of Ivy Compton-Burnett's fictions, Manservant and Maidservant has for its subject the domestic life of Horace Lamb, sadist, skinflint, and tyrant. But it is when Horace undergoes an altogether unforeseeable change of heart that the real difficulties begin. Is the repentant master a victim along with the former slave? And how can anyone endure the memory of the wrongs that have been done?" |