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      A God and His Gifts

      by Ivy Compton-Burnett
      Published
      Sep 1983
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      176
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      First published in 1963, A God and his Gifts was the last of Ivy Compton-Burnett's novels to be published in her lifetime and is considered by many to be one of her best. Set in the claustrophobic world of Edwardian upper-class family life, it is the story of the self-willed and arrogant Hereward Egerton. In his marriage to Ada Merton he maintains a veneer of respectability but through his intimate relationships with his sister, Emmeline, and his son's future wife, Hetty, he steps beyond the bounds of conventional morality with both comic and tragic results…

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      First Edition Sep 1983 Penguin ISBN 0140061258
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