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A Lot to Ask: A Life of Barbara Pym [Mass Market Paperback]

Hazel Holt (Author)
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February 1, 1995
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 The author talks about the successes as well as the dark years in the writer's life when she was unpublished.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.

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Plume (February 1, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0452268222
  • ISBN-13: 978-0452268227
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,281,325 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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