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Quartet in Autumn
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2024
125 kr
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Darkly funny and full of stubborn optimism, Quartet in Autumn is a classic. Showing Barbara Pym at her very best, it portrays the strange and wonderful quirks of everyday life.In 1970s London, Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia work in the same office and suffer the same problem – loneliness.Lovingly …
Excellent Women
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2022
142 kr
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INTRODUCED BY ALEXANDER McCALL 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 dealing with most of the stock situations or even the great moments of life - birth, marriage, death, the …
Ensamhet i sällskap : två romaner
Av Barbara Pym
Inbunden, 2023
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
69 kr
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Två moderna klassiker av en efterkrigstidens Jane Austen »Det är lätt att fastna för Pyms karaktäristiska sätt att se på tillvaron, för den pymska ironiska blicken, med sina skarpsynta iakttagelser. Även om mörkret lurar i bakgrunden, utgör romanerna en mycket roande och förunderligt trösterik …
Jane And Prudence
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2022
143 kr
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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 'Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday …
No Fond Return Of Love
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2022
143 kr
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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 gentle pleasure' JILLY COOPER Dulcie Mainwaring is always helping others, but never looks out for …
Unsuitable Attachment
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2022
137 kr
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Owing a debt to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Barbara Pym’s An Unsuitable Attachment is an elegant and witty comedy of manners from an acclaimed author who Philip Larkin called ‘the most underrated novelist of the century’.‘I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ – Richard Osman, author of The Thursday …
Less Than Angels
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2022
143 kr
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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 is a writer and lives with handsome anthropologist Tom Mallow. Their relationship runs into trouble …
Some Tame Gazelle
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2022
143 kr
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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 TylerTogether yet alone, the Misses Bede occupy the central crossroads of parish life. Harriet, plump, elegant and jolly, likes …
Excellent Women
'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' Richard Osman
Av Barbara Pym
Inbunden, 2008
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
219 kr
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Cover design by Orla Kiely Mildred Lathbury is one of those 'excellent women' who is often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most of the stock situations of life - birth, marriage, death, the successful jumble sales, the garden fete spoilt by bad weather'. As such, …
Very Private Eye
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2023
148 kr
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‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure’ - Jilly Cooper‘I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ - Richard Osman‘Could one write a book based on one’s diaries over thirty years? I certainly have enough material,’ wroteBarbara Pym. …
Sweet Dove Died
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2024
139 kr
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‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure’ – Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals‘Life is cruel and we do terrible things to each other.’The lives of Humphrey and James Boyce, a seasoned antique dealer and his good-looking nephew, …
Glass Of Blessings
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2022
143 kr
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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 were meeting an old, dear friend' JILLY COOPER'The subtlest of her books . . . the sparkle on first …
Few Green Leaves
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2023
139 kr
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‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure’ - Jilly Cooper, author of The Rutshire Chronicles series‘I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ - Richard Osman, author of The Thrusday Murder Club Barbara Pym was an incomparable chronicler …
Förträffliga kvinnor
Av Barbara Pym
E-bok, 2023
119 kr
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En modern klassiker av en efterkrigstidens Jane Austen Mildred Lathbury är en av många »förträffliga kvinnor«. Hon är i trettioårsåldern, ogift, intelligent och självständig, »i stånd att klara upp de flesta situationer här i livet - födelse, giftermål, död, framgångsrika loppmarknader, …
Civil To Strangers
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2022
143 kr
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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 LarkinWhen Barbara Pym died in 1980, she left a considerable amount of unpublished material. This volume contains an early novel, Civil to Strangers, three novellas …
Ensamhet i sällskap
Av Barbara Pym
E-bok, 2023
119 kr
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Två moderna klassiker av en efterkrigstidens Jane Austen »Det är lätt att fastna för Pyms karaktäristiska sätt att se på tillvaron, för den pymska ironiska blicken, med sina skarpsynta iakttagelser. Även om mörkret lurar i bakgrunden, utgör romanerna en mycket roande och förunderligt trösterik …
Excellent Women
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2007
201 kr
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“The finest introduction to Barbara Pym” ( The New York Times ): a hilarious comedy of manners by the shrewdly observant British novelist often compared to Jane Austen One of Barbara Pym’s richest and most amusing high comedies, Excellent Women has at its center Mildred Lathbury, a clergyman’s …
Crampton Hodnet
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2022
130 kr
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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 tea parties for young academics and acting as watchdog for the morals of North Oxford. Anthea, her …
Academic Question
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2022
143 kr
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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-building comedy, salt wit in a saline drip' NEW YORK TIMESIn a provincial university town, Caro …
Excellent Women
'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' Richard Osman
Av Barbara Pym
Häftad, 2027
143 kr
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Crampton Hodnet
''I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym'' RICHARD OSMAN
Av Barbara Pym
E-bok, 2012
62 kr
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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 LARKIN Formidable Miss Doggett fills her life by giving tea parties for young academics and acting as watchdog for the morals of North Oxford. …
Civil To Strangers
Av Barbara Pym
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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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 amount of unpublished material. This volume contains an early novel, Civil to Strangers , …
Academic Question
Av Barbara Pym
E-bok, 2012
51 kr
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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-building comedy, salt wit in a saline drip'' NEW YORK TIMES In a provincial university town, …
Some Tame Gazelle
Av Barbara Pym
E-bok, 2011
62 kr
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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, the Misses Bede occupy the central crossroads of parish life. Harriet, plump, elegant and …
Less Than Angels
Av Barbara Pym
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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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 TYLER Catherine Oliphant is a writer and lives with handsome anthropologist Tom Mallow. Their relationship runs into …
Glass Of Blessings
Av Barbara Pym
E-bok, 2011
79 kr
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BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR WITH 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 were meeting an old, dear friend'' JILLY COOPER ''The subtlest of her books . . . the sparkle on …
Quartet in Autumn
Av Barbara Pym
E-bok, 1992
241 kr
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Shortlisted for the 1977 Booker Prize This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief point of contact is that they work in the same office and they suffer the same problem - loneliness. Lovingly, poignantly, satirically and with much humour, Pym …
Excellent Women
Av Barbara Pym
E-bok, 2006
198 kr
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Excellent Women is probably the most famous of Barbara Pym''s novels. The acclaim a few years ago for this early comic novel, which was hailed by Lord David Cecil as one of ''the finest examples of high comedy to have appeared in England during the past seventy-five years,'' helped launch the …
