Robert Liddell

Standard Name: Liddell, Robert

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Dedications Barbara Pym
She dedicated it to very old friends, Henry Harvey and Robert Liddell .
Smith, Robert Sidney. “’Always Sincere, Not Always Serious’: Robert Liddell and Barbara Pym”. Twentieth Century Literature, Vol.
41
, No. 4.
Literary responses Barbara Pym
Reviewers, including Elaine Feinstein and Penelope Fitzgerald ,
Allen, Orphia Jane. Barbara Pym: Writing a Life. Scarecrow Press.
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were most of them low-key, though Bernard Levin greeted it with a broadside against its village setting, which, he said, reinforced his conviction that the best...
Literary responses Barbara Pym
Her friend Robert Liddell responded with violent disapproval to the posthumous publication of works which BP had without final revision. He called it scraping the meat off Barbara's bones.
Smith, Robert Sidney. “’Always Sincere, Not Always Serious’: Robert Liddell and Barbara Pym”. Twentieth Century Literature, Vol.
41
, No. 4.
Literary responses Barbara Pym
This became BP 's most widely-reviewed text, and received a mixed reception. Robert Liddell was again outraged, calling this a dreadful book which had only been made possible by the betrayal of Pym's friends in...
Friends, Associates Barbara Pym
Authors BP , Mary Renault , and Elizabeth Taylor attended a party in Athens given by Pym's longtime friend the novelist and critic Robert Liddell .
Pym, Barbara. A Very Private Eye. Editors Holt, Hazel and Hilary Pym, Macmillan.
227
Travel Olivia Manning
She found Bucharest a surprise, having done little travelling and been able to secure only an out-of-date guidebook. Early impressions included the urban luxury of shops and restaurants, the squalor of beggars, the gradual permeation...
Friends, Associates Ivy Compton-Burnett
ICB met the young novelist Robert Liddell , who was writing the first extended critical treatment of her.
Spurling, Hilary. Secrets of a Woman’s Heart. Hodder and Stoughton.
152
Literary responses Ivy Compton-Burnett
During the early part of ICB 's career she was little regarded or understood. Raymond Mortimer was one of the first to perceive her quality, and she quickly began to attract the attention of younger...

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