Excellent Women, Hardback - Barbara Pym

Probably Pym's most famous novel'I'd sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen' Philip Larkin

A range of beautifully produced products celebrating the heritage of the Virago Modern Classics list.Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): ...

'One of the most endearingly amusing English novels of the twentieth century' Alexander McCall SmithPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): B...

Reducere. Excellent Women is one of Barbara Pym's richest and most amusing high comedies. Mildred Lathbury is a clergyman's daughter and a mild-mannered spin...

'Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously' JILLY COOPER Picked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the...

Reducere. DescriptionBarbara Pym's sister Hilary teams with cookbook author Honor Wyatt to bring together this mouthwatering collection of family recipes, me...

'Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously' JILLY COOPER Picked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the...

From the author of Jane and Prudence, and Excellent WomenPublisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Barbara PymNumber of pages: 210Publication date: 2013Di...

Genteel North Oxford is riven by gossip and scandal in Barbara Pym's exquisitely entertaining comedy.Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): ...

A delightful comedy of manners, An Academic Question is prime Barbara PymPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Barbara PymNumber of pages: ...

'A modern Jane Austen' Alexander McCall SmithPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Barbara PymNumber of pages: 272Collection: Virago Modern...

This volume includes an early novel and three novellas, which were discovered and published after Barbara Pym's death in 1980.Publisher: Little, Br...

A charming and funny tale of match-making misadventures by an author whose fans include Philip Larkin, Alexander McCall Smith and Jilly Cooper.Publ...

A charming and funny tale of parish life by an author whose many fans include Philip Larkin, Alexander McCall Smith and Jilly Cooper.Publisher: Lit...

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief point of contact is that they work in the same ...

Reducere. Life has a certain reassuring if not terribly exciting rhythm for the residents of North Oxford. Miss Morrow is content in her position as spinster...

Barbara Pym was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1978 and is the quintessential VMC author. Following on from the huge success of JANE AND PRUDE...

Reducere. Thanks to his wifes money, Adam Marsh-Gibbon leads a charmed life writing poetry and novels celebrated mostly by his fellow residents in the town o...

'One of her very best - comic, heartrending, brave; in short, like life itself' Shirley HazzardPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Barbar...

Reducere. The author of Excellent Women explores female friendship and the quiet yearnings of British middle-class life--a literary delight for fans of Jane ...

Reducere. Three lonely people come together in this poignant, witty novel of star-crossed romance from the New York Times-bestselling author of Jane and Prud...

Introduction1 Elements of Continuity2 After Oxford: The War Years3 Crampton Hodnet: The Continuous Cycle4 Some Tame Gazelle: Continuity and Content...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The seen and unseen aspects of the past and present of Essex are celebrated by BBC Radio 3 and 4 regular Gillian Darley.

This book recounts the lives of Margaret Dryburgh and Shelagh Brown, who composed music to lift the spirits of those held captive with them in Sout...

A sweeping, multi-generational saga for fans of Downton Abbey, set around the stately home of Cavendon Hall as the roaring twenties change the fami...

The authors of the international bestsellers WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN AND WOMEN CAN'T READ MAPS and THE DEFINTIVE BOOK OF BODY LANGUAGE teach strategie...

Reducere. Though women have long felt kinship with animals, in the past, they seldom participated in the study of them. Now, as more women make animals the s...

Core science topics are explored through an entertaining mix of facts, photos and artworkPublisher: Hachette Children's GroupAuthor(s): Claudia Mar...

Astfel, ia fara sa vrea parte la o revolta, naufragiaza si aproape ca-si pierde viata, este cit pe ce sa fie mincat de viu de semenii lui, plinge p...

Reducere. From blockbuster bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes a stunning saga of love and loyalty set in early twentieth-century England. Caven...

Aikido For Women: The Underlying Principles and Why Women Have the Advantage by Barbara Frentsos Butler Unbelievable! A petite, eighty plus-year-ol...

The official companion to all three movies features hundreds of behind-the-scenes and on-set images, quotes and insights.Illustrations: 250 clr photos

In her first book, the South's most inviting designer explores her principles for creating a beautiful home rich with comfort and warmth.

Contributor(s): Editor: Barbara KellermanEditor: Deborah L. RhodeWomen and Leadership brings together in one comprehensivevolume preeminent scholar...

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From Homer to Tim O'Brien, war literature remains largely the domain of male writers, and traditional narratives imply that the burdens of war are ...

An illustrated guide to how we can all spread a little more kindness a la Keanu Reeves.Publisher: Hardie Grant Books (UK)Author(s): Hardie Grant Bo...

Reducere. No single individual did more to promote sea turtle research and conservation than Archie Carr (1909-1987). So entwined did he become with these cr...

Reducere. Barbara Hannah was a straightforward, modest, yet a grand woman, a lover of literature, and a colleague and friend of C. G. Jung, Emma Jung, and Ma...

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Graded lessons with attractive patterns lead the lacemaker from basic techniques to advanced floral designs.Publisher: Ruth Bean PublishersAuthor(s...

Povestea lui Arthur Gordon Pym - Edgar Allan Poe

Euripides (c. 485-406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive comple...

One of antuiquity's foremost poets, Euripides (c 485-406 BC) has been prized for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists and intellectual probin...

Reducere. Quietly and steadily, the number of women making six figures or more is increasing and continues to rise at a rate faster than for men. From entrep...