Penulis: Barbara Pym

London in den späten 40er-Jahren: Hier gilt eine ledige Frau über dreißig schon als alte Jungfer. Mildred Lathbury, eine solche etwas farblose Dame ohne feste Bindungen, ist als Pfarrerstochter aufge …

INTRODUCED BY LOUIS DE BERNIERES’I’m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ RICHARD OSMAN’I’d sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen’ PHILIP LARKINFormidable Miss Doggett fills her life by giving t …

INTRODUCED BY HAZEL HOLT’I’m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ Richard Osman’I’d sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen’ Philip Larkin When Barbara Pym died in 1980, she left a considerable am …

INTRODUCED BY KATE SAUNDERS’I’m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ RICHARD OSMAN’My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy’ JILLY COOPER’Beneath the gentle surfaces of her novels is a slow-build …

INTRODUCED BY MAVIS CHEEK’I’m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ Richard Osman’She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life’ Anne Tyler Together yet alone, t …

INTRODUCED BY SALLEY VICKERS’I’m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ RICHARD OSMAN’She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heart-breaking silliness of everyday life’ ANNE TYLERCatherine Oliphant …

BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CLARE CHAMBERS’I’m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ RICHARD OSMAN ‘My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy, as though I wer …

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BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR INTRODUCED BY JILLY COOPER’I’m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ RICHARD OSMAN’I devoured all her books, but Jane and Prudence remains my favourite’ JILLY COOPER ‘Ba …

INTRODUCED BY ALEXANDER Mc CALL SMITH’I’m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ RICHARD OSMANMildred Lathbury is one of those excellent women who are often taken for granted. She is a godsend, ‘capable of deali …

INTRODUCED BY PAUL BINDING’I’m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ RICHARD OSMAN ‘I’d sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen’ PHILIP LARKIN ‘No novelist brings more telling observation or more g …

Barbara Pym’s early novel takes us into 1950s England, as seen through the funny, engaging, yearning eyes of a restless housewife Wilmet Forsyth is bored. Bored with the everyday routine of her …

The author of Excellent Women explores female friendship and the quiet yearnings of British middle-class life—a literary delight for fans of Jane Austen.  Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates …

Three lonely people come together in this poignant, witty novel of star-crossed romance from the New York Times–bestselling author of Jane and Prudence.  After being jilted by her fianc&ea …

A novel of two sisters in postwar England that lets you “step into the Jane Austen–like lives of Harriet and Belinda Bede” (The Christian Science Monitor). Belinda and Harriet Bede …

A tale of a woman’s romantic entanglements with two anthropologists—and the odd mating habits of humans—from the author of Jane and Prudence. Catherine Oliphant writes for women&rsq …

Three lonely people come together in this poignant, witty novel of star-crossed romance from the New York Timesbestselling author of Jane and Prudence. After being jilted by her fiance, Dulcie Mainwa …

Two literary romantic novels from the New York Times–bestselling author of Excellent Women.  Less Than Angels: In a story that explores the mating habits of humans, magazine writer Catheri …

Three comedies of manners set in postwar England by the New York Times–bestselling author of Excellent Women and “the rarest of treasures” (Anne Tyler).   Often characterized a …

Dulcie Mainwaring ist stets zur Hilfe, wenn andere sie brauchen − um ihre eigenen Bedürfnisse kümmert sie sich dagegen kaum. Die Verzweiflung nach dem unrühmlichen Abgang ihres Verlobten erträgt sie …

Sie arbeiten im selben Büro und stehen kurz vor der Rente: Marcia, Letty, Norman und Edwin. Alle vier leben allein, dennoch pflegen sie außerhalb des Büros kaum Kontakt – auch wenn sie täglich Kaffee …

Barbara Pym’s early novel takes us into 1950s England, as seen through the funny, engaging, yearning eyes of a restless housewife Wilmet Forsyth is bored. Bored with the everyday routine of her life. …

The author of Excellent Women explores female friendship and the quiet yearnings of British middle-class lifea literary delight for fans of Jane Austen. Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates were close f …

A tale of a woman’s romantic entanglements with two anthropologistsand the odd mating habits of humansfrom the author of Jane and Prudence. Catherine Oliphant writes for women’s magazines and lives c …

A novel of two sisters in postwar England that lets you ‘;step into the Jane Austenlike lives of Harriet and Belinda Bede’ (The Christian Science Monitor). Belinda and Harriet Bede live together in a …

Barbara Pym escribió Cuarteto de otoño sin grandes esperanzas de que viera la luz. Llevaba tiempo sin publicar, al considerar sus editores que había quedado anclada en un costumbrismo apolillado y po …

Jane Cleveland y Prudence Bates forman, por edad y temperamento, una extraña pareja de amigas. Jane tiene cuarenta y un años, está casada con un clérigo y lleva una vida plácida pero anodina. Desempe …

Una de las novelas más perfectas de Barbara Pym. La historia de un amor imposible entre una mujer madura y un joven inexperto en el Londres de los años setenta. Soltera, altiva y distante, Leonora Ey …

Mujeres excelentes está considerada una de las mejores novelas de Barbara Pym. Mildred Lathbury, la narradora, es una mujer soltera que vive en Londres y ocupa su tiempo en diversas tareas en la parr …

Dulcie Mainwaring, la heroína de este libro, es una de esas «mujeres excelentes», aparentemente desinteresadas, que siempre está ayudando a los demás pero no es capaz de cuidar de sí misma, especialm …

Un poco menos que ángeles es la historia de los amores, los trabajos y las esperanzas de un grupo de jóvenes antropólogos. Catherine Oliphant es escritora y vive con el apuesto antropólogo Tom Mallow …

Cassandra Marsh-Gibbon, la protagonista de Extranjeros, bienvenidos, es una de las primeras «mujeres excelentes» que tan bien supo retratar Barbara Pym. Cassandra lleva una vida de provincias sometid …