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Barbara Pym was an English novelist known for her wit, humor, and delicate psychological portraits. Her works often focus on the lives of the middle class and are celebrated for their unique perspective and profound insight into everyday life.

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Famous Barbara Pym Quotes

“Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.”

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Author:Barbara Pym

“She had always been an unashamed reader of novels.”

Novel Reader

Book:Quartet in Autumn: Picador Classic

Source: Quartet in Autumn: Picador Classic

“My thoughts went round and round and it occurred to me that if I ever wrote a novel it would be of the 'stream of consciousness' type and deal with an hour in the life of a woman at the sink.”

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Book:Excellent Women

Source: Excellent Women

“Once outside the magic circle the writers became their lonely selves, pondering on poems, observing their fellow men ruthlessly, putting people they knew into novels; no wonder they were without friends.”

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Book:Jane and Prudence

Source: Jane and Prudence

About the Author

Born: June 2, 1913
Died: January 11, 1980
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 51

Books & Sources

Excellent WomenRelated source material

Jane and PrudenceRelated source material

Less than angelsRelated source material

No fond return of loveRelated source material

Quartet in AutumnRelated source material

A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries and LettersRelated source material

An Unsuitable AttachmentRelated source material

Crampton HodnetRelated source material

Some Tame GazelleRelated source material

A Glass of BlessingsRelated source material

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