Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, DBEwas an English novelist, publishedas I. Compton-Burnett. She was awarded the 1955 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her novel Mother and Son...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 June 1884
cowardice danger knows
There is danger in courage. Cowardice is a power for good. We hardly know what it prevents.
selfishness unselfish persons
A person who can really be called an unselfish person, has no place in life.
havens
There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy.
jars jam certain
At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished.