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The Sweet Dove Died
The Sweet Dove Died | Barbara Pym
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Between the amorous antique dealer Humphrey and his good-looking nephew James glides the magnificent Leonora, delicate as porcelain, cool as ice. Can she keep James in her thrall? Or will he be taken from her by a lover, like Phoebe . . . or Ned, the wicked American? 'A highly distinctive and - ultimately - charitable novel' Financial Times 'Faultless' Guardian 'Her Characters are all meticulously impaled on the delicate pins of a wit that is as scrupulous as it is deadly' Observer 'A coldly funny book' Sunday Telegraph 'Highly distinctive . . . the critics who have recently insisted on Miss Pym's too long neglected gifts have not been wrong' Financial Times
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The Sweet Dove Died | Barbara Pym
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Flying back (and leaving family behind) is always a little bittersweet. Fortunately, I picked up this Pym at a used bookstore last week and she did serve as a bit of a balm.

vivastory Safe travels! 2y
batsy Love that books can provide that little bit of solace 💕 2y
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quietjenn @vivastory thanks! All went well and it was much smoother than my flight out 😀 2y
quietjenn @batsy it really is a lovely thing 💜 2y
jlhammar Great find! I don't have this Pym yet. 2y
jlhammar Turns out I do actually have that Pym title in another edition. Just haven‘t read it yet! 2y
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The Sweet Dove Died | Barbara Pym
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This is such a different book by Pym, although at the same time you can see the same elements in different proportions. It‘s almost told from the perspective of the “villain” with the main character the kind of fussy, egotistical, demanding dame who would be an antagonist in a different novel. Not what I expected and definitely of a different era, but I still enjoyed it.

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The Sweet Dove Died | Barbara Pym
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I‘m 50 pages into this and it has (1) gay characters (2) racist comments (3) casual sex (4) not a curate in sight. Barbara is that you?! (The good news is that the racist comments do appear to be meant to show you that a character is “bad”!)

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