The Last and the First

The Last and the First
	First edition
Author	Ivy Compton-Burnett
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Victor Gollancz Ltd
Publication date	1971
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardcover)

The Last and the First is Ivy Compton-Burnett's posthumous novel, published in 1971, two years after her death.^[1] The work, complete if possibly awaiting revision,^[2] was untitled when it was discovered, and was so named as appropriate for her last novel, and also because of the Biblical quotation (Matthew 20:16) uttered (not for the first time in her canon) by one of the characters.^{[citation needed]} It was assembled from "penciled notebooks" by Livia Gollancz.^[2]

References

^ Davenport, Guy (15 August 1971). "The last in a series of novels as alike as a row of bayonets". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Wilson, Angus (7 February 1971). "The first and the last". The Observer. p. 26. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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[1] Davenport, Guy (15 August 1971). "The last in a series of novels as alike as a row of bayonets". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

[:0-2] Wilson, Angus (7 February 1971). "The first and the last". The Observer. p. 26. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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