Mother and Son (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ivy Compton-Burnett
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: End of the nineteenth century
- Setting: An English country house
- Principal Characters: Miranda Hume, Julius Hume, Rosebery Hume, Francis, Alice, Adrien, Emma Greatheart, Hester Wolsey, Miss Burke, Plautus
- Genres: Long fiction, Family literature, Satire
- Subjects: Values, Children, Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Power, personal or social, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, Rural or country life, England or English people, Adultery, Revenge, Illegitimacy, Servants, Pretensions, Victorian era or Victorianism
- Locales: England
The Story:
Miss Burke, who had applied for the post of paid companion to Miranda Hume, found her so rude and overbearing that she felt obliged to refuse to continue the interview with the rigid and autocratic potential employer. Instead Miss Burke blundered into the neighboring house and accepted a position as a housekeeper to Emma Greatheart, who lived alone with her cat Plautus. At the same time, Hester Wolsey, Emma’s friend, felt forced by economic necessity to accept the still-available position as companion to the austere and forbidding Miranda.
Although Miranda...
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