Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth," said h… - Ivy Compton-Burnett

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Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth," said his cousin. "But we seem to have no other.

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Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett DBE (5 June 1884 – 27 August 1969) was an award-winning English novelist.

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Alternative Names: I. Compton-Burnett • Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett

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Un des plus grands romanciers que l'Angleterre ait jamais eus. ("One of the greatest novelists that England has ever had.")

The most original novelist now writing in English.

As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots.

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