Synopsis
Nine years after her divorce from Cassius, Catherine decides to re-enter his life. Cassius's second wife feels resentment, but as friendship develops between the two women it is Cassius who is excluded and whose self-pity intensifies, erupting in a shocking and unexpected way.
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Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884 - 1969) wrote many novels set around the turn of the century in dilapidated country houses, ideal environments in which to examine the misuse of power, and the violence and misery that follow.
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