A classic from one of Britain’s most loved and highly acclaimed novelists.
A classic from one of Britain's most loved and highly acclaimed novelists, and the subject of a critically acclaimed biography, The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne.
'One of the most endearingly amusing English novels of the twentieth century' Alexander McCall Smith
Genteel North Oxford is riven by gossip and scandal in Barbara Pym's exquisitely entertaining comedy.
Barbara Pym was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1978 and is the quintessential VMC author. Following on from the huge success of JANE AND PRUDENCE, this novel was loved by Philip Larkin who declared it 'the subtlest of her books'.
'A modern Jane Austen' Alexander McCall Smith
A charming and funny tale of parish life by an author whose many fans include Philip Larkin, Alexander McCall Smith and Jilly Cooper.
A delightful comedy of manners, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym
An Unsuitable Attachment is a classic novel from Barbara Pym, acclaimed author of Quartet in Autumn, Jane and Prudence, and Excellent Women.
A classic comedy of manners from Barbara Pym, the acclaimed author of Quartet in Autumn, Jane and Prudence and Excellent Women
From the author of Jane and Prudence, and Excellent Women
This volume includes an early novel and three novellas, which were discovered and published after Barbara Pym's death in 1980.