Ivy, Engels schrijfster, *5.6. 1892 Pinner, ♱27.8.1969 Pinner. Haar verhalen, grotendeels in dialogen, waarin zich het karakter van haar handelende personen openbaart, spelen in zgn. hogere kringen.
Haar satire is zeer scherp.
Werken: Pastors and masters (1925), Brothers and sisters (1929), A house and its head (1935), A family and a fortune (1939), Parents and chïldren (1941), Elders and betters (1944), Man servant and maid servant (1947), Two worlds and their ways (1949), Darkness and day (1951), The present and the past The mighty and their fall (1961), A God and his gifts (1963).litt. P.Hansford Johnson, I.Compton-Burnett (1951), R.Liddell, The novels of I.Compton-Burnett (1955); C.Burkhart, I.Compton-Burnett (1965).
