{"product_id":"manservant-and-maidservant-paperback","title":"Manservant and Maidservant - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIvy Compton-Burnett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDiane Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once the strangest and most marvelous of Ivy Compton-Burnett's fictions, \u003ci\u003eManservant and Maidservant\u003c\/i\u003e has for its subject the domestic life of Horace Lamb, sadist, skinflint, and tyrant. But it is when Horace undergoes an altogether unforeseeable change of heart that the real difficulties begin. Is the repentant master a victim along with the former slave? And how can anyone endure the memory of the wrongs that have been done?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvy Compton-Burnett (1892-1969) wrote over fifteen novels about the upper classes of the late Victorian period. The novels are constructed almost entirely of seemingly banal dialogue that eventually reveals, beneath its surface, the truths of human nature and insights into human relationships which Compton-Burnett took as her themes. Her works include \u003ci\u003ePastors and Masters, A Family and a Fortune, Manservant and Maidservant, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA House and Its Head\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiane Johnson's most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eLulu in Marrakech\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772843819296,"sku":"9780940322639","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e13d38200b5d73f373ac097336c5e295.webp?v=1780415475","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/manservant-and-maidservant-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}