A unique autobiography of Barbara Pym, celebrated author of Quartet in Autumn, includes an introduction by Jilly Cooper
Barbara Pym Book order
June 2, 1913 – January 11, 1980
Barbara Pym's novels are celebrated for their subtle irony and exquisite style, offering profound insights into the intricate dance of social customs and human relationships. Beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary village and suburban life, Pym skillfully unearths the hidden desires and quiet desperations of her characters. Her work often employs the guise of gentle comedy, yet it is imbued with a deep, often tragic, undercurrent that explores the motivations driving our lives. Pym's distinctive voice captures the nuances of human connection with remarkable precision and wit.
- 2023
- 2015
Quartet in autumn is the story of four people in late middle-age who work in the same office and who all suffer from loneliness. Poignantly and with humour, Pym takes us through their small lives and the facades they erect to defend themselves against the outside world.
- 2014
No Fond Return Of Love
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
'One of her very best - comic, heartrending, brave; in short, like life itself' Shirley Hazzard
- 2013
Offering a rare glimpse into the mind of a beloved novelist, this unique autobiography is crafted from Barbara Pym's diaries, notebooks, and letters spanning thirty years. It weaves a continuous narrative that reflects her thoughts, experiences, and the creative process behind her writing, providing readers with an intimate understanding of her life and literary journey.
- 2013
A classic comedy of manners from Barbara Pym, the acclaimed author of Quartet in Autumn, Jane and Prudence and Excellent Women
- 2013
An Unsuitable Attachment
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
An Unsuitable Attachment is a classic novel from Barbara Pym, acclaimed author of Quartet in Autumn, Jane and Prudence, and Excellent Women.
- 2012
An Academic Question
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
A delightful comedy of manners, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym
- 2011
Civil To Strangers
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
This volume includes an early novel and three novellas, which were discovered and published after Barbara Pym's death in 1980.
- 2009
Wilmet Forsyth is well dressed, well looked after, suitably husbanded, good looking and fairly young - but very bored. Her husband Rodney, a handsome army major, is slightly balder and fatter than he once was. Wilmet would like to think she has changed rather less. Her interest wanders to the nearby Anglo-catholic church, where at last she can neglect her comfortable household in the more serious-minded company of three unmarried priests, and, of course, Piers Longridge, a man of an unfathomably different character altogether.
- 2007
Jane And Prudence
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
A charming and funny tale of match-making misadventures by an author whose fans include Philip Larkin, Alexander McCall Smith and Jilly Cooper.
