'The finest introduction to Barbara Pym' (The New York Times): a hilarious comedy of manners by t...

INTRODUCED BY PAUL BINDING 'One of her very best - comic, heartrending, brave; in short, like lif...

INTRODUCED BY ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH Mildred Lathbury is one of those excellent women who are oft...

Sie arbeiten im selben Büro und stehen kurz vor der Rente: Marcia, Letty, Norman und Edwin. Alle ...

London in den späten Vierzigerjahren: Hier gilt eine ledige Frau über dreißig schon als alte Jung...

INTRODUCED BY JILLY COOPER 'Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbr...

Dulcie Mainwaring ist stets zur Hilfe, wenn andere sie brauchen - um ihre eigenen Bedürfnisse küm...

INTRODUCED BY CLARE CHAMBERS 'The subtlest of her books . . . the sparkle on first acquaintance h...

INTRODUCED BY SALLEY VICKERS 'Her best [novels] are sheer delight, and all of them companionable....

INTRODUCED BY MAVIS CHEEK Together yet alone, the Misses Bede occupy the central crossroads of pa...

'Spectacular' -The Sunday Times'Quartet in Autumn is immeasurably her finest work of fiction' -...

A unique autobiography of Barbara Pym, celebrated author of Quartet in Autumn, includes an introd...