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Crampton Hodnet
Crampton Hodnet | Barbara Pym
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Formidable Miss Doggett fills her life by giving tea parties to young academics and acting as watchdog of the morals of North Oxford. Anthea, her great-niece, is in love with a dashing upper-class undergraduate with political ambitions. Of this, Miss Doggett thoroughly approves. Anthea's father, however, an Oxford don, is tired of his marriage and carrying on in the most unseemly fashion with his student Barbara Bird - they have been spotted together at the British Museum! Miss Doggett isn't aware, though, that under her very own roof the lodging curate has proposed to her paid companion Miss Morrow. She wouldn't approve of that at all.
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TrishB Happy 80th to your Mum and a great reading week! 11mo
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quietjenn
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Sunday on the futon with Pym 😊

Tamra Happy Cozy Sunday 😻 1y
wanderinglynn Sweet kitty! ❤️🐱 1y
Ruthiella This was a fun one to read. I wonder, however, how much of it the editor posthumously added or changed… 1y
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LeahBergen Nothing better! ❤️❤️ 1y
batsy Utterly cosy set up 😻 1y
jlhammar That looks perfect. I haven't read this Pym yet. 1y
BiblioLitten Awww😻😻 1y
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Brimful
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A very entertaining read with some laugh out loud moments. This was published posthumously but is apparently one of Pym‘s earliest novels written during the first years of ww2. Foolish men , doughty women and love set in North Oxford. What‘s not to enjoy!

jlhammar Love Barbara Pym, but haven't read this one yet. Need to remedy that! 2y
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Brimful
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Before I start on Paula Byrne‘s wonderful biography of Barbara Pym I thought I should read a bit more of her work. Fortunately Crampton Hodnet turned up in my Christmas stocking!

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Barbara Pym is the ultimate comfort read.

Ruthiella I‘ve not read that title yet, but I agree. She is a delight to read! 3y
daena Love her 🖤 3y
quietjenn Yes, totally! 3y
AlaMich I plucked this off my bookshelf this very morning! I really need some Barbara Pym in my life right now!!! 3y
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AlaMich
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1. I do. I‘m not exactly proud of it but I always notice things like fonts and artwork. If it doesn‘t work visually it does influence me a bit.
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3. Digital versions of NY Times, CNN, Wash Post
4. Snooze!!
5. @Kaddele if you‘d like!

@4thhouseontheleft @howjessreads
#friyayintro

Megabooks I read the same news sources! 👍🏻 4y
AlaMich @Megabooks I forgot to mention NPR also. And periodically I fall down a news podcast rabbit hole, too. 😅 4y
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shawnmooney
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Lindy 🤔😂 4y
LeahBergen 😆 4y
Dolly Lovely humorous quote 😆 4y
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shawnmooney
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LeahBergen 😆😆 4y
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Dolly 😂 4y
HardcoverHearts Ha! That‘s hilarious. 4y
Lindy 🤣 4y
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LeahBergen 😆😆 4y
Aimeesue 😂😂😂 4y
saresmoore Haha! 4y
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jfount
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Classic Pym. What better compliment can I give than that?

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jfount
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Why do I get stuck for weeks on some books I like and others I can't put down? Bought this at Open Books today, halfway done already.