Daughters and Sons

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Sabine Ponsonby presides over her large household with despotic force, rivalled only by her imperious daughter, Hetta. While her needling cruelties cause one governess after anothe r to flee, the family's younger generation begins to stir in revolt. Written in Ivy Compton-Burnett's iconic style, with dialogue seething with veiled insults and manipulations, this is an acidic comedy of manners about the self-consuming power struggles of the Victorian family. Show more