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SOME TAME GAZELLE is my personal favourite for its sparkling high comedy and its treasury of characters ... She makes me smile, laugh out loud, consider my own foibles and fantasies, and, above all, suffer real regret when I reach the final page. Of how many authors can you honestly say that? Informationen zum Autor Barbara Pym (1913-80) was born in Shropshire and educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford. When in 1977 the TLS asked critics to name the most underrated authors of the past 75 years, only one was named twice (by Philip Larkin and Lord David Cecil): Barbara Pym. Klappentext Part of the "Virago Modern Classics" series, for fans of Philip Larkin and Alexander McCall Smith, with an introduction by Mavis Cheek. Sisters Harriet and Belinda are happy with their quiet, parish life, but the arrival of Nathaniel Mold and Theodore Grote changes everything. A charming and funny tale of parish life by an author whose many fans include Philip Larkin, Alexander McCall Smith and Jilly Cooper. Zusammenfassung A charming and funny tale of parish life by an author whose many fans include Philip Larkin, Alexander McCall Smith and Jilly Cooper.
