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Book ReviewsA Lot to Ask: A Life of Barbara Pym (G.K. Hall Large Print Book Series) |
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Book: A Lot to Ask: A Life of Barbara Pym (G.K. Hall Large Print Book Series)
Written by: Hazel Holt |
Publisher: G. K. Hall & Company
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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a splendid background for Pym's splendid work; biography Rating:
5 / 5
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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