Barbara Pym is a master at capturing the subtle mayhem that takes place in the apparent quiet of the English countryside. Fifty-something sisters Harriet and Belinda Bede ...
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`there are half a million more women than men in this unhappy country of ours . . . So many odd women - no making a pair with them.'
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<p>Will Barrett is a 25-year-old wanderer from the South living in New York City, detached from his roots and with no plans for the future - until the purchase of a telesc...
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