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A Lot to Ask: A Life of Barbara Pym (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Hazel Holt (Author)

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Publication Date: March 1992 | Series: G K Hall Large Print Book Series

This official biography of Barbara Pym, the writer, describes her upbringing in Oswestry and her life in Oxford. The author talks about the successes as well as the dark years in the writer's life when she was unpublished.

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This biography by the late Pym's literary executor is the first complete life of the once ignored, now widely read British novelist. Photos.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

Hardcover: 453 pages
Publisher: G K Hall & Co (March 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0816152233
ISBN-13: 978-0816152230
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,748,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars a splendid background for Pym's splendid work; biography, July 18, 2000

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The restraint and economy with which the author approaches her subject only enhance the richness of the work. With a wealth of detail,Hazel Holt sets the jewel of Pym's works in the setting of her life. For example, paraphrasing: "Hilary and I reckoned up the reasons people had left our parish church: Rome, Death, and Umbrage. Umbrage, of course, removed the greatest number." Those who have enjoyed Pym's work would do well to read this book before other secondary sources.

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