THE ADVENTURES OF MISS BARBARA PYM. By Paula Byrne. William Collins. 704 pages. $34.99. Even the most passionate of Barbara Pym fans may be hard-pressed to explain why they find her writing so ...
It is impossible to write about the English novelist Barbara Pym without lapsing into a Pym-ish voice, part prim-and-proper middle England spinster, part caustic-tongued critic of social norms. Pym ...
The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game Nazi hatred of the Soviet Union played a larger role in precipitating the Holocaust than is generally understood, according to this riveting ...
There's a passage in Barbara Pym's "Jane and Prudence" that always makes me smile. After Jane Cleveland's husband is installed as vicar in a village church, Jane is introduced to a Miss Doggett, a ...
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