Some Tame Gazelle - Softcover

Barbara Pym

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559212640 ISBN 13: 9781559212649

Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd (US), 1999

Synopsis

Barbara Pym is a master at capturing the subtle mayhem that takes place in the apparent quiet of the English countryside. SOME TAME GAZELLE, first published in Britain nearly 50 years ago, was the first of Pym's nine novels, all being reprinted by Mayer Bell. In the fictional village of Some Tame Gazelle, spinsters, clerics, and eccentrics are the order of the day. Fifty-something sisters Harriet and Belinda Bede live a comfortable, settled existence. Belinda, the quieter of the pair, has for years been secretly in love with the town's pompous (and married) archdeacon, whose odd sermons leave members of his flock in muddled confusion. Harriet, meanwhile, a bubbly extrovert, fends off proposal after proposal of marriage. The arrival of Mr Mold and Bishop Grote disturb the peace of the village and leave the sisters wondering if they'll ever return to the order of their daily routines.

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Review:

"One of my favorites Pym novels . . . Pym's fans will feel completely at home when they step into the Jane Austen-like lives of Harriet and Belinda Bede." --"The Christian Science Monitor"

"One of my favorites Pym novels . . . Pym&

One of my favorites Pym novels . . . Pym s fans will feel completely at home when they step into the Jane Austen like lives of Harriet and Belinda Bede. The Christian Science Monitor"

Book Description:

A charming and funny tale of parish life by an author whose many fans include Philip Larkin, Alexander McCall Smith and Jilly Cooper.

About this edition

• Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd (US)
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1559212640
• ISBN 13: 9781559212649
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322