Compton-Burnett
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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At first, she reads easier books by authors like Ivy Compton-Burnett and Nancy Mitford.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
Echoes of the British writer Ivy Compton-Burnett, whose influence deWitt acknowledges, are strong, with some of the funniest moments arising from the stylized dialogue.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2018
“Please keep in mind that we prefer to have no dramatic action this evening,” calls out Mabrel, who speaks with the kinked formality of an Ivy Compton-Burnett character.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2015
Hilary Spurling is the award-winning biographer of the novelist Ivy Compton-Burnett, George Orwell's wife, Sonia Orwell, and painter Henri Matisse.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2010
The mannered speech gives its human disclosures a fine comic intonation; what Compton-Burnett provides for life's stumbles and tumbles is a fiendishly polished floor.
From Time Magazine Archive
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