{"product_id":"pastors-and-masters-a-study-i-compton-burnett-1st-edition","title":"Pastors and Masters: A Study, I. Compton Burnett — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Heath Cranton Limited, 1925\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e Cr. 8vo, pp. 126.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The original orange publisher's cloth binding remains robust, square, and remarkably tight, displaying only trivial rubbing to the extremities and slight, uniform fading to the spine. The front board is sharp with bright, unoxidised black lettering, while the rear board shows a couple of faint, negligible dark blemishes near the lower edge. Internally, the pages are pleasingly crisp and clean, exhibiting only minimal, standard age-toning to the text block edges and preliminaries. A highly attractive, sturdy copy of this early work, presenting exceptionally well in its original, unjacketed state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First edition, first printing. This is the author's second novel, and crucially, the first to introduce the characteristic style of clipped, precise dialogue that would define her celebrated literary career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eUnillustrated and bound in the publisher's original cloth, this true first printing is notably difficult to source on the open market in such well-preserved, sharp condition. While later editions and jacketed copies occasionally circulate, clean, tight, and unsigned primary bindings remain scarce for the discerning collector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eSet in a boys' preparatory school, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"42\"\u003ePastors and Masters\u003c\/i\u003e is a short but brilliant character study dealing with themes of tyranny, female subservience, and unconventional sexuality. The narrative orbits around Nicholas Herrick, the self-absorbed, septuagenarian owner of the school, and a cast of masters and pastors whose lives are exposed through Compton-Burnett's masterful, biting dialogue. When a deceased don's unpublished manuscript is discovered, a quiet rivalry reveals the hypocrisies of the academic circle, making this a pivotal and sharply witty early work from one of the twentieth century's most unique literary voices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54423362830675,"sku":"4784","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260723_220156.jpg?v=1785229786","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/pastors-and-masters-a-study-i-compton-burnett-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}