Knopf
declined to publish this novel, on the grounds that ICB
's sales in the USA had been disappointing. In the end it was published by Julian Messner
of New York instead.
Spurling, Hilary. Secrets of a Woman’s Heart. Hodder and Stoughton.
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Publishing
Ivy Compton-Burnett
It had been completed at the end of October 1958. The time elapsing between the writing and the publishing of a book extended markedly during ICB
's career. This book and the following two were...
