No Fond Return of Love
Dulcie Mainwaring, the heroine of the book, is one of those "excellent women" who is always helping others and never looking out for herself- especially in the realms of love. The novel has a delicate tangle of schemes and unfulfilled dreams, hidden secrets and a castle or two. Told wonderfully...
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Dulcie Mainwaring, the heroine of the book, is one of those "excellent women" who is always helping others and never looking out for herself- especially in the realms of love. The novel has a delicate tangle of schemes and unfulfilled dreams, hidden secrets and a castle or two. Told wonderfully in the deadpan honesty that has become a Pym hallmark, this book is a delight.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781559213066 (155921306X)
Publish date: July 1st 2002
Publisher: Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries
Pages no: 254
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Modern,
Modern Classics,
Womens
Very well written, although not as sympathetic as [b:Less Than Angels|587597|Less Than Angels|Barbara Pym|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348070499s/587597.jpg|172510], the only other Pym I've read. I didn't get the fascination Aylwin held for the other characters, and thus their continued investigati...
Another review here on Goodreads calls Dulcie Mainwaring a stalker. There's a fair way between nosey parker, the restrained obsession with which Miss Mainwaring carries out her research into - her indexing of - Aylwin Forbes life, and stalker, which implies an ill intent. Pym's failing is that she r...
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