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Byrne, Paula.
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Pym, Barbara.
Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Byrne, Paula.
Pym, Barbara.
Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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The
adventures
of
Miss
Barbara
Pym
: a
biography
/ Paula Byrne.
by
Byrne, Paula.
William Collins, 2021.
Call #:
921 P996b
Subjects
Pym
,
Barbara
.
Women authors, English -- 20th century --
Biography
.
Authors, English -- 20th century --
Biography
.
ISBN:
9780008322205 (hc.)
Description:
686 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"She was
Pym
to friends.
Miss
Pym
in her diaries. Sandra in seduction mode. Pymska at her most sophisticated. English novelist
Barbara
Pym’s career was defined, in many senses, by rejection. Her first novel Some Tame Gazelle was turned down by every publisher she sent it out in 1935, finally published only fifteen years later. Though she picked up a publisher from there and received modest praise, the publishing industry grew restless and her sales spiralled downwards. By her seventh novel she had been dropped. She was deemed old-fashioned, telling stories of little English villages, unrequited love and the social dramas of vicars or academics. This brilliant
biography
, brimming with Pym’s private diaries and intimate letters, offers a first full insight into
Barbara
Pym’s life and how it informed her writing. It gallops through her love affairs and lifelong relationships. It opens a door to the quick-draw humour which lives in her every written line. It shows how, with a little help from her most ardent fans and friends including Philip Larkin, her work eventually resurfaced, meeting new readers and bringing her sudden astounding, resounding love and acclaim – in the last years of her life."--Goodreads.
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Biographies.
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