Edwin Muir wrote of Ivy Compton-Burnett in the Observer: 'Her literary abilities have been abundantly acknowledged by the majority of her literary contemporaries. Her intense individuality has removed her from the possibility of rivalry. .. . She takes as her theme the tyrannies and internecine battles of English family life in leisured well-conducted country houses. To Miss Compton-Burnett the family conflict is intimate, unrelenting, very often indecisive and fought out mainly in conversation. . . . The passions which bring distress to her country houses have recently devastated continents.' To present an image of this totally unique writer, we have to imagine a Jane Austen writing, in the present day, Greek prose tragedies (in which the wicked generally triumph) on late Victorian themes. First published in 1939, A Family of a Fortune conveys, largely through dialogue (which may be subtle, humorous, envenomed, or tragic), the effects of death and inheritance on the house of Gaveston - in particular on the relations between Edgar and his selfless younger brother, Dudley. This, apart from the embittered character of Matilda Seaton, is her kindliest novel.
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Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884-1969) se formou em Letras Clássicas na universidade de Londres em 1902. Autora de 20 romances, Compton-Burnett foi uma das mais inovadoras escritoras do século XX inglês. Com um estilo próprio que enfatizava o diálogo direto entre suas personagens, sem a mediação de um narrador, Compton-Burnett escreveu sobre a vida familiar e a repressão vitoriana dentro das famílias no final do século XIX e início do século XX. Publicou, entre outros, Irmãos e irmãs (1927), Filhos e Filhas (1937), Empregados e Empregadas (1947) e O presente e o passado (1957). Párocos e mestres (1925) é o seu segundo romance e o primeiro traduzido no Brasil.
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