Barbara Pym
Pym was a comic novelist of English spinsters and clergymen whose acute social observation and dry irony earned her comparison with Austen. Excellent Women and A Glass of Blessings are her finest works.
Works
- Excellent WomenNovel of a spinster whose life takes surprising turns amid parish social entanglements
- A Glass of BlessingsNovel of a widow drawn into a dangerous romantic entanglement within church society
- Quartet in AutumnNovel of four elderly unmarried Londoners facing retirement and social irrelevance
- Some Tame GazelleNovel of two schoolmistresses' lifelong affection and their complicated romantic entanglements
- The Sweet Dove DiedNovel of a widow's unrequited love for a younger man who remains emotionally unavailable