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      The Present and the Past

      by Ivy Compton-Burnett
      Published
      Aug 1999
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      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      192
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      'I cannot be parted longer from my sons... I am coming back to my home'



      Nine years after her divorce from Cassius Clare, Catherine decides to re-enter his life. Her decision causes a dramatic upheaval in the Clare family and its implications are analysed and redefined, not only in the drawing-room, but in the children's nursery and the servants' quarters.



      At first, Flavia, Cassius's second wife, feels resentment, fearing that she may be usurped. But as a friendship develops between the two women, it is Cassius who is excluded and whose self-pity intensifies, erupting in a shocking, unexpected way...

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      First Edition Aug 1999 Penguin (UK) ISBN13 9780141181295 ISBN10 014118129X
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      Apr 1986 Penguin ISBN13 9780140033472 ISBN10 0140033475
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      Aug 2012 Bloomsbury (UK) ISBN13 9781448206643 ISBN10 1448206642
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      Oct 2019 Dover Publications ISBN13 9780486839110 ISBN10 0486839117
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      Dec 1953 Gollancz (UK) ISBN13 9780575014169 ISBN10 0575014164
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      Nov 2011 Bloomsbury ISBN13 9781448206285 ISBN10 1448206286
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      Dec 1994 ISIS Audio Books ISBN13 9781850898283 ISBN10 1850898286
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