Some Tame Gazelle
by:
Barbara Pym (author)
Mavis Cheek (author)
A charming and funny tale of parish life by an author whose many fans include Philip Larkin, Alexander McCall Smith and Jilly Cooper.
A charming and funny tale of parish life by an author whose many fans include Philip Larkin, Alexander McCall Smith and Jilly Cooper.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781844085798 (1844085791)
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: Virago Press (UK)
Pages no: 254
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Religion,
Womens
A book in the glorious British tradition of gentle village comedy inhabited by the full range of spinsters, clergymen and a melancholic, romantic count.
Published in 1950, it's a wonderful if somewhat bittersweet tale of two sisters, Belinda and Harriet single women in a time when women were expected to marry or live in a very coded way. Belinda has been holding a torch for Henry, the archdeacon for 30 years since he chose to marry Agatha. Harriet s...
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