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- Publisher: Penguin USA
- ISBN: 014310487X
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100571617
- Release Date: December 26, 2006
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #73659 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #8468 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #737 in Literary (See Top 100 Literary Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Excellent Women" by Barbara Pym to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Excellent Women"Browse more products related to "Barbara Pym"Review"It is said of Barbara Pym...that she is like Jane Austen....What is mostly meant by it is that she is a novelist of manners who writes about marriage and marriageability with the unromantic eye of a noticing, 'positive' spinster. But the comparison can be taken further....'Excellent Women' made me think of 'Mansfield Park'....Mildred's progress is not very different from Fanny's. Here, too, Christian humility is assailed by the talented and untrustworthy..." "It would be hard to imagine a more timid world than that of 'Excellent Women,' or a novel wherein closer to nothing happens....[It] is a startling reminder that solitude may be chosen, and that a lively, full novel can be constructed entirely within the precincts of that regressive virtue, feminine patience." "Miss Pym's technique for comic effect is to glide over the pain of big happenings and to make much of the disproportionate impact of tiny ones..." First line"Ah, you ladies!" AnnotationMildred, a single woman in her 30s, the daughter of an Anglican clergyman, is one of the genteel and respectable "excellent women" people rely on to live on the sidelines, coming forward only long enough to make tea in a crisis. When a cheerfully unconventional married couple move in next door, Mildred falls in love with the formidable Everard Bone, an anthropologist, and her life acquires an objective. At the end of the novel, there is an indication that Mildred's worthy, solitary life will change. If You Enjoy "Excellent Women (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Excellent Women (Paperback)" by Barbara Pym (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Fiction & Literature Bestselling Books
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