With an introduction by Alexander McCall Smith. Mildred Lathbury is often taken for granted, and often gets involved in other people's lives. But things get tricky when glamorous new neighbours the Napiers move in. von Pym, Barbara

"Quartet in Autumn" von Barbara Pym ist ein Roman, der das Leben von vier älteren Kollegen – Letty, Marcia, Edwin und Norman – in einem Londoner Büro beschreibt. Die Geschichte spielt in den 1970er Jahren und beleuchtet die...

"Quartet in Autumn" von Barbara Pym, nicht Alexander McCall Smith, ist ein Roman, der erstmals 1977 veröffentlicht wurde. Das Buch handelt von vier älteren alleinstehenden Menschen – Letty, Marcia, Norman und Edwin – die zusammen in...

Jilly Cooper introduces this republication of an early comic novel by Barbara Pym. von Pym, Barbara

'She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life' Anne TylerIn a provincial university town Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty wife, becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband...

INTRODUCED BY JILLY COOPER 'Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life' ANNE TYLER If Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates seem an unlikely pair to be walking together at an Oxford...

INTRODUCED BY LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES 'My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy' JILLY COOPER 'Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life' ANNE TYLER Formidable Miss...

INTRODUCED BY MAVIS CHEEK Together yet alone, the Misses Bede occupy the central crossroads of parish life. Harriet, plump, elegant and jolly, likes nothing better than to make a fuss of new curates, secure in the knowledge that Count...

INTRODUCED BY KATE SAUNDERS 'I am a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN In a provincial university town, Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty wife, becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband Alan's ambitions. When she...

INTRODUCED BY HAZEL HOLT 'Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life' ANNE TYLER When Barbara Pym died in 1980, she left a considerable amount of unpublished material. This...

INTRODUCED BY ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH Mildred Lathbury is one of those excellent women who are often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most of the stock situations or even the great moments of life - birth,...

With introduction by John Bayley. von Pym, Barbara