· Synopsis. ‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure.'. Jilly Cooper. Set in St Basil’s, an undistinguished North London parish, An Unsuitable Attachment is indeed full of the high comedy for which Barbara Pym is famed. There is Mark Ainger, the vicar, who introduces his sermons with remarks like ‘Those of you . · Pym wrote prolifically from a very young age, but her debut, Some Tame Gazelle, first drafted in , didn’t find a publisher until Most cruelly, her long-standing publisher, Jonathan Cape, refused her seventh novel, An Unsuitable Attachment, in AN UNSUITABLE ATTACHMENT might be called the most typical of Barbara Pym's novels, which is a bit surprising because it was one that was famously rejected by her publisher in the mid s, leading to her long spell when she did not publish until she was famously rediscovered over a decade later (and was nominated for the Booker Prize for QUARTET IN AUTUMN)/5(38).
Author: Barbara Pym. Publisher: Pan Macmillan. ISBN: Category: Fiction. Page: View: Set in St Basil's, an undistinguished North London parish, An Unsuitable Attachment is indeed full of the high comedy for which Barbara Pym is famed. But Ianthe is in danger of forming a most unsuitable attachment for her new library assistant, John, a man of questionable background with not a penny to his name Owing a debt to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Barbara Pym's An Unsuitable Attachment is an elegant and witty comedy of manners from an acclaimed author who Philip Larkin. An unsuitable attachment to Nazism: Barbara Pym in the s Paula Byrne has unearthed some alarming information about the novelist known for her wry portrayals of English village life.
An Unsuitable Attachment was to be Barbara Pym's seventh published novel until, fatefully, it was rejected by her publisher (Jonathan Cape) in , and by several others. The successful novelist - who had recently had all of her works republished and was picking up steam amongst English librarygoers - was left to 14 years as a relative unknown. An Unsuitable Attachment is a novel by Barbara Pym, written in and published posthumously in An Unsuitable Attachment was to be Barbara Pym's seventh published novel until, fatefully, it was rejected by her publisher (Jonathan Cape) in , and by several others. The successful novelist - who had recently had all of her works republished and was picking up steam amongst English librarygoers - was left t Passing Ianthe's house on her way home she now saw that this marriage was inevitable - it had to be.
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