Barbara Pym

Barbara Pym (Author) & Jilly Cooper (Intro.) Illustrator: . Jane and Prudence, Virago/Hachette 2007 ISBN: 9781844084494

New Softcover . 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 AND PRUDENCE remains my favourite. Even an umpteenth reading this weekend was punctuated by gasps of joy, laughter and wonder that this lovely book should remain so fresh, funny and true to life' Jilly Cooper 'The setting of this very funny novel, one of Barbara Pym's earliest, is an English village where Jane's husband is the newly appointed vicar, and where Prudence will pay Jane a visit and find herself courted by a fatuous young widower. Prudence, at twenty-nine, has achieved nothing in life but a dull research job in London and a string of dud affairs; Jane, now in her forties, was Prudence's tutor at Oxford. Jane cheerfully concedes that she is an incompetent housewife, but she hopes that the move to a rural parish may transform her into a Trollopean vicar's wife, as well as a crafty matchmaker. There are many comic complications here, as Jane learns that matchmaking has as many pitfalls as does housewifery' The New Yorker Printed Pages: 256. .

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Pym, Barbara: [Pym, Barbara] A Very Private Eye, Dutton 1984

Autobiography of author in Diaries and Letters. Edited by Hazel Holt and Hilary Pym. One of the century's most underrated writers according to the Times Literary Supplement. Covers her years at Oxford and the war years and the men in her life, as well as other very private matters. O.p. Price clipped. Very attractive art deco silouhette motif. Price clipped. 8vo. Nr. Fine. Gift inscription on FEP; 1st 2nd prt?

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Pym, Hilary; Wyatt, Honor; Ross, Louise (Foreword); Francis, John (Introduction): A La Pym : The Barbara Pym Cookery Book, United Kingdom Prospect Books 1995
ISBN: 0907325610 Fine Pollak, Frankie

SIGNED by Hilary Pym, Louise Ross and John Francis on the title page next to their names. A most wonderful book. A tight, bright and fresh copy. Laid in is a dinner card announcing the Second Annual Dinner of the Barbara Pyn Society, Saturday, 23rd September 1995 and also contains the evening's menu. No dust jacket, apparently as issued. Signed by Author First Edition Thus Soft Cover

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Pym, Barbara: Vortreffliche Frauen Roman / Barbara Pym. Aus d. Engl. von Dora Winkler, München ; Zürich Piper, 1988. ISBN: 349203053X
gut erhalten ,Einband sauber und unbestoßen, Seiten sauber Die unbestrittene Meisterin der 'high comedy' inszeniert mit diesem Roman eine dieser subversiven Tragikomödien, die durch satyrische Pointen und lakonische Komik gleichermaßen bestechen. 349203053X - , ISBN-13: 9783492030533

284 S. 22 cm, Original-Hardcover ,mit Schutzumschlag ,

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