No Fond Return of Love
In No Fond Return of Love, Pym introduces Dulcie Mainwaring, one of those seemingly selfless women who always help others and never look out for themselves, especially in matters of love. When Dulcie's young niece becomes the object of absentminded Professor Aylwin Forbes's amorous designs,...
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In No Fond Return of Love, Pym introduces Dulcie Mainwaring, one of those seemingly selfless women who always help others and never look out for themselves, especially in matters of love. When Dulcie's young niece becomes the object of absentminded Professor Aylwin Forbes's amorous designs, Dulcie whisks away her friend Viola — who has her own designs on the professor — to the seaside in Taviscombe to discover the hidden secrets of the Forbes clan and a mysterious castle on the hill.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060806859 (0060806850)
Publish date: January 1st 1984
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 261
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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