Author | Ivy Compton-Burnett |
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Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | Victor Gollancz[1] |
Publication date | 1937[1] |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Pages | 320 [1] |
Daughters and Sons is a 1937 novel by the English novelist Ivy Compton-Burnett. Written in the author's characteristic dialogue-heavy style, the novel explores the power struggles within a large family household, presided over by its tyrannical matriarch, Sabine Ponsonby, and her imperious daughter Hetta.