ICB
came home from Royal Holloway College
with her BA in classics, to teach her younger sisters and to coach her brother Noel
for his exams.
Spurling, Hilary. Ivy When Young. Victor Gollancz, 1974.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Ivy Compton-Burnett
ICB
's brother Noel
was killed in action; he was fairly recently married to Tertia Beresford, and had before the war considered leaving academic life to become a writer.
Spurling, Hilary. Ivy When Young. Victor Gollancz, 1974.