Excellent Women - Softcover

Pym, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060805129 ISBN 13: 9780060805128

Publisher: Harpercollins Publisher, 1980

Synopsis

Vintage paperback

About this title

Review:

An unqualifiedly great novel from the writer most likely to be compared to Jane Austen, this is a very funny, perfectly written book that can rival any other in its ability to capture the essence of its characters on the page. Mildred Lathbury, the narrator of Pym's excellent book is a never-married woman in her 30s--which in 1950s England makes her a nearly-confirmed spinster. Hers is a pretty unexciting life, centered around her small church, and part-time job. But Mildred is far more perceptive and witty than even she seems to think, and when Helena and Rockingham Napier move into the flat below her, there seems to be a chance for her life to take a new direction.

About the Author:

Barbara Pym (1913 - 1980) was an English novelist whose comedy-of-manners novels of village life looked deeply at the relationships between men and women. Her Quartet in Autumn was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Publisher
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0060805129
• ISBN 13: 9780060805128
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256