{"id":31094,"date":"2020-11-07T13:44:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T13:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/more-women-than-men-by-ivy-compton-burnett\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T14:58:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T14:58:20","slug":"more-women-than-men-by-ivy-compton-burnett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/more-women-than-men-by-ivy-compton-burnett\/","title":{"rendered":"More Women Than Men by Ivy Compton-Burnett"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>More Women Than Men<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ivy Compton-Burnett<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>More Women Than Men takes place in a girls&#8217; school, although the students are rather secondary (none of the girls say anything in the novel). It is the headmistress, Josephine Napier, we set our sights on. She rules over both staff and family, rendering them powerless but for their words. Maxims are investigated, logic tries to eviscerate words, and plain old sauciness slips in. Then there is the murder&#8230; Strongly stylized, surreptitiously queer.<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Check for it on:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/search?tag=lesbianfun-20&amp;index=books&amp;field-title=Ivy Compton-Burnett, More Women Than Men\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/search?q=More Women Than Men, Ivy Compton-Burnett&#038;qid=\">Goodreads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?tbm=bks&#038;hl=en&#038;q=Ivy Compton-Burnett, More Women Than Men\">Google Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n .TFtable{\n  border-collapse:collapse; <\/p>\n<p> }\n .TFtable td{ \n  spacing:10px; border:#ffffff 5px solid; padding-right:20px<\/p>\n<p> }\n \/*  Define the text for all the 2nd columns  *\/\n .TFtable td:nth-child(2){\n  color: #0099ff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"TFtable\">\n<tr>\n<td>ISBN<\/td>\n<td>978-0850314847<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Genre<\/td>\n<td>Fiction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Copyright Date<\/td>\n<td>1948<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Publication Date<\/td>\n<td>1984<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Publisher<\/td>\n<td>Schocken Books<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>Paperback<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No. of Pages<\/td>\n<td>231<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Notes<\/td>\n<td>Look for multiple editions, publishers and covers over the years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Language<\/td>\n<td>English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rating<\/td>\n<td>NotRated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BookID<\/td>\n<td>15467<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivy Compton-Burnett | More Women Than Men | More Women Than Men takes place in a girls&#8217; school, although the students are rather secondary (none of the girls say anything in the novel). 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