10 Novels by Barbara Pym
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Overview: After studying English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, she served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service during World War II. The turning point for Pym came with a famous article in the Times Literary Supplement in which two prominent names, Lord David Cecil and Philip Larkin, nominated her as the most underrated writer of the century. Pym and Larkin had kept up a private correspondence over a period of many years. Her comeback novel, Quartet in Autumn, was nominated for the Booker Prize. Another novel, The Sweet Dove Died, previously rejected by many publishers, was subsequently published to critical acclaim, and several of her previously unpublished novels were published after her death.
Several strong themes link the works in the Pym "canon", which are more notable for their style and characterisation than for their plots. A superficial reading gives the impression that they are sketches of village or suburban life, with excessive significance being attached to social activities connected with the Anglican church (in particular its Anglo-Catholic incarnation). However, the dialogue is often deeply ironic, and a tragic undercurrent runs through some of the later novels, especially Quartet in Autumn and The Sweet Dove Died
Genre: British Literature / Classics / Humor
- In this set:
- A Few Green Leaves
- A Glass of Blessings
- Civil to Strangers
- Crampton Hodnet
- Jane and Prudence
- No Fond Return of Love
- Quartet in Autumn
- The Sweet Dove Died
- Some Tame Gazelle
- Excellent Women
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