Books by barbara pym

Cover design by Orla Kiely Mildred Lathbury is one of those 'excellent women' who is often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing ... More

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Less Than Angels follows the loves, works and hopes of a group of young anthropologists. Catherine Oliphant is a writer and lives with handsome ... More

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Dulcie Mainwearing is always helping others, but never looks out for herself - especially in the realm of love. Her friend Viola is besotted by the ... More

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This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief point of contact is that they work in the same ... More

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Wilmet Forsyth is well dressed, well looked after, suitably husbanded, good looking and fairly young - but very bored. Her husband Rodney, a handsome ... More

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A delightful comedy of manners with a touch of mystery, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym territory. In a provincial university town Caro ... More

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Formidable Miss Doggett fills her life by giving tea parties to young academics and acting as watchdog of the morals of North Oxford. Anthea, her ... More

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It was odd that Harriet should always have been so fond of curates. They were so immature and always made the same kind of conversation. Now the ... More

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Barbara Pym's last novel, and a witty portrayal of hidden emotions and passions. Leonora Eyre is an elegant woman of indeterminate age, with a ... More

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When Barbara Pym died in January 1980, this unpublished novel was found among her papers - written in 1963, at a time when her work was out of ... More

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Emma Howick, an aspiring anthropologist, chooses to settle in a country community in the heart of England, with a view to researching a study on "The ... More

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When Barbara Pym died in 1980 she left a considerable amount of unpublished material. This volume contains an early novel, CIVIL TO STRANGERS, three ... More

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Over the years, as Barbara Pym replaced Nancy Mitford, Georgette Heyer, even Jane Austen, as my most loved author, I devoured all her books, but JANE ... More

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This volume includes one complete novel, "Civil to Strangers", and sections of three others which have been edited by Hazel Holt to form self ... More

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This elegantly satirical novel, set in a London parish in the 1960's, is about the vicar--aloof, oblivious Mark; Sophia, his wife; her cat, Faustina; ... More

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Barbara Pym's sense of English social life is captured in these three novels. In "Some Tame Gazelle", for instance, the undercurrents of a vicarage ... More

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In Barbara Pym's first novel, two unmarried 50-ish sisters in a quiet English village are both victims of unrequited love, Belinda with an aloof ... More

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