At Mrs Lippincote's
By: Valerie Martin , Elizabeth Taylor
3.82
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
Mrs Lippincote's house, with its mahogany furniture and yellowing photographs, stands as a reminder…
Want to Read $ 4.99"Oliver Davenant did not merely read books. He snuffed them up, took breaths of them into his lungs, filled his eyes with the sight of the print and his head with the sound of words."-Valerie Martin, At Mrs Lippincote's
"Oliver Davenant did not merely read books. He snuffed them up, took breaths of them into his lungs, filled his eyes with the sight of the print and his head with the sound of words."-Valerie Martin, At Mrs Lippincote's
"Oliver Davenant did not merely read books. He snuffed them up, took breaths of them into his lungs, filled his eyes with the sight of the print and his head with the sound of words."-Valerie Martin, At Mrs Lippincote's
"Oliver Davenant did not merely read books. He snuffed them up, took breaths of them into his lungs, filled his eyes with the sight of the print and his head with the sound of words."-Valerie Martin, At Mrs Lippincote's
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1. At Mrs Lippincote's
By: Valerie Martin , Elizabeth Taylor
3.82
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
Mrs Lippincote's house, with its mahogany furniture and yellowing photographs, stands as a reminder… read more
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- literary fiction
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- female authors
- british literature
- world war ii
- marriage
- 20th century
- fiction
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- modern classics
"Oliver Davenant did not merely read books. He snuffed them up, took breaths of them into his lungs, filled his eyes with the sight of the print and his head with the sound of words."-Valerie Martin, At Mrs Lippincote's
"OLIVER DAVENANT did not merely read books. He snuffed them up, took breaths of them into his lungs, filled his eyes with the sight of the print and his head with the sound of words. Some emanation fr…"-Valerie Martin, At Mrs Lippincote's
2. The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
By: Muriel Spark
3.65
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Like the May of Teck Club itself—"three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit"—i… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- british literature
- fiction
- 20th century
- novels
"it never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls."-Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
"- 'Poise is perfect balance, an equanimity of body and mind, complete composure whatever the social scene. Elegant dress, immaculate grooming, and perfect deportment all contribute to the attainment …"-Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
3. Less Than Angels
By: Barbara Pym
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
It is surely appropriate that anthropologists, who spend their time studying life and behavior in v… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- female authors
- british literature
- 20th century
- fiction
- novels
"Of course it's alright for librarians to smell of drink."-Barbara Pym, Less Than Angels
"What was the point of living in a suburb if one couldn’t show a healthy curiosity about one’s neighbours?"-Barbara Pym, Less Than Angels
"Not that the making of tea can ever really be regarded as a petty or trivial matter and Miss Clovis did seem to have been seriously at fault."-Barbara Pym, Less Than Angels
"Like so many men, he needed a woman stronger than himself, for behind the harsh cragginess of the Easter Island façade cowered the small boy, uncertain of himself."-Barbara Pym, Less Than Angels
4. The Tortoise and the Hare
By: Hilary Mantel , Elizabeth Jenkins
3.94
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The magnetic Evelyn Gresham, 52, is a barrister of considerable distinction. He has everything life… read more
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- classics
- female authors
- british literature
- marriage
- 20th century
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- modern classics
5. The Priory
By: Dorothy Whipple
4.21
Format: 536 pages, Paperback
The setting for this, the third novel by Dorothy Whipple Persephone have published, is Saunby Prior… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- british literature
- fiction
- 20th century
- novels
- modern classics
"Love is happy only when it is confident. When it is humble, it is full of pain and misgiving; there is hardly any happiness to be had out of it at all."-Dorothy Whipple, The Priory
"As is usual with the ignorant, long words had the fascination for both girls that obstacles on the road have for a bad driver; instead of avoiding them they ran into them."-Dorothy Whipple, The Priory
6. No Fond Return of Love
By: Barbara Pym
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Dulcie Mainwaring, the heroine of the book, is one of those excellent women who is always helping o… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- british literature
- 20th century
- fiction
- novels
7. Crampton Hodnet
By: Barbara Pym
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Here, Barbara Mary Crampton Pym sails off into a wickedly comedic farce, focusing on the unsuitable… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- 20th century
- fiction
- novels
8. Jane and Prudence
By: Barbara Pym
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
If Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates seem an unlikely pair to be walking together at an Oxford reun… read more
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- 20th century
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10. How It All Began
By: Penelope Lively
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
When Charlotte is mugged and breaks her hip, her daughter Rose cannot accompany her employer Lord P… read more
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11. The Sweet Dove Died
By: Barbara Pym
3.91
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter over a Victorian flower book brings together Humphrey, an antiques dealer, his n… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- british literature
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- 20th century
- novels
12. A Glass of Blessings
By: Barbara Pym
4.43
Format: 320 pages,
Well dressed and looked after, Wilmet is married to Rodney, a handsome army Major, working nine thi… read more
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- literary fiction
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13. Good Behaviour
By: Molly Keane , Marian Keyes
4.25
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
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14. Vera
By: Elizabeth von Arnim
3.00
Format: 285 pages,
First published in 1921, Verais a darkly comic story about Lucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss. Both… read more
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15. Quartet in Autumn
By: Barbara Pym
3.90
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more
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- 20th century
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- modern classics
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17. A Few Green Leaves
By: Barbara Pym
3.76
Format: 85 pages, Paperback
In A FEW GREEN LEAVES the author combines the rural settings of her earliest novels with many of th… read more
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19. An Academic Question
By: Barbara Pym
3.58
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Caroline Grimstone, the bored young wife of an ambitious anthropologist, finds a cure for her tediu… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- female authors
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- 20th century
- fiction
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20. Diary of a Provincial Lady
By: E.M. Delafield
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
When Diary of a Provincial Ladywas first published in 1933, critics on both sides of the Atlantic g… read more
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