A Glass Of Blessings by Barbara Pym
'I'd sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen' Philip Larkin 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.
Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures -- Anne Tyler
I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym -- Richard Osman
[Pym] makes me smile, laugh out loud, consider my own foibles and fantasies, and above all, suffer real regret when I reach the final pageOf how many authors can you honestly say that? -- Mavis Cheek
There is a thrill of humanity through all her work -- Shirley Hazzard
My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy, as though I were meeting an old, dear friend who comforts me, extends my vision and makes me roar with laughter -- Jilly Cooper
The subtlest of her books - the sparkle on first acquaintance has been succeeded by the deeper brilliance of established art * Philip Larkin *
[Pym] makes me smile, laugh out loud, consider my own foibles and fantasies, and above all, suffer real regret when I reach the final page. Of how many authors can you honestly say that? * Mavis Cheek *
Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures * Anne Tyler *
My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy, as though I were meeting an old, dear friend who comforts me, extends my vision and makes me roar with laughter * Jilly Cooper *
I'd sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen
-- Philip LarkinI'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym -- Richard Osman
[Pym] makes me smile, laugh out loud, consider my own foibles and fantasies, and above all, suffer real regret when I reach the final pageOf how many authors can you honestly say that? -- Mavis Cheek
There is a thrill of humanity through all her work -- Shirley Hazzard
My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy, as though I were meeting an old, dear friend who comforts me, extends my vision and makes me roar with laughter -- Jilly Cooper
The subtlest of her books - the sparkle on first acquaintance has been succeeded by the deeper brilliance of established art * Philip Larkin *
[Pym] makes me smile, laugh out loud, consider my own foibles and fantasies, and above all, suffer real regret when I reach the final page. Of how many authors can you honestly say that? * Mavis Cheek *
Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures * Anne Tyler *
My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy, as though I were meeting an old, dear friend who comforts me, extends my vision and makes me roar with laughter * Jilly Cooper *
Barbara Pym (1913-80) was born in Shropshire and educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford. When in 1977 the TLS asked critics to name the most underrated authors of the past 75 years, only one was named twice (by Philip Larkin and Lord David Cecil): Barbara Pym.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844085804 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844085805 |
| Title | A Glass Of Blessings |
| Author | Barbara Pym |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2009-12-03 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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