Edition: Perennial Library ed
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780060806859ISBN:0060806850
Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). 261 p. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harper & Row
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780060806859ISBN:0060806850
Description: Very Good. 0060806850 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G K Hall & Co
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780816138609ISBN:0816138605
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. ffep missing. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Perennial, N. Y.
Date Published: 1984
Description: Cover Art. Reading Copy. No Jacket. Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" Tall. .....Reading copy rated from good to very fine....................The book may have minor flaws that may have gone unnoticed. read more
Edition: Reissue
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780060970437ISBN:006097043X
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 254 pp. Some moisture stains on pages; front cover starting to separate from binding; some notes in red in text. read more
Description: Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine lean and curl, pages and inside covers badly browned, page edges brittle, small red stains onb bottom edge of book, some soiling to the front cover, and other light to moderate shopwear. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"Just reread this, going through a big Pym re-reading phase. I liked this one though I quibble with the ending. Too many loose ends tied up in the last few pages and by the time we got there I really didn't like Allwyn at all ..... so why inflict him on Dulcie.... But, hey, its Barbara Pym and its wonderfully written and always funny, and the best is when its unexpectedly funny -- how can that be? How does she continue to surprise even when you think you know what you are going to get? She's really underappreciated, I think."
"The second book I have read by Barbara Pym (the other was Excellent Women). An enjoyable read though not much excitement. Just a gentle ramble down a path."
"My mother had been urging me to read Barbara Pym for years and I had resisted. Perhaps I'd picked one up too early and thought its gentle humour dull. How wrong I was.
Comparisons to Jane Austen abound with Barbara Pym and it is hard not to see why. Her humour and observations are very quietly but pointedly made. The characters are beautifully observed and judged.
The story is about love and is again similar to Austen in that it depicts women who have limited social choices. The protagonist is in her early thirties and is consigned to the social dustbin - her only hope of amusement is doing "good works" for the church. However, she is a curious woman who is looking for more from her constrained social circle. She takes risks to further her infatuation with Ailwyn Forbes, a minor academic she meets at a conference on the art of indexing. Along the way, she befriends Viola Dace (real name Violet) who is unworthy of the kindness shown to her.
This is a gentle, charming book which makes points about its cast of varied characters in a subtle way. The only complaint I had was its plot relied on coincidence a little too heavily but then I suppose life is like that.
I can't recommend this highly enough and I will be seeking out more of Ms Pym's work soon. Though probably not all at once so as to prolong the pleasure."
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