Allen, Orphia Jane. Barbara Pym: Writing a Life. Scarecrow Press, 1994.
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Wyatt-Brown, Anne M. Barbara Pym: A Critical Biography. University of Missouri Press, 1992.
180
Friends, Associates
Barbara Pym
BP
began working with Hazel Holt
at the International African Institute
in London. Their close friendship led to Holt' becoming Pym's literary executor, editor, and biographer.
Allen, Orphia Jane. Barbara Pym: Writing a Life. Scarecrow Press, 1994.
16
Health
Barbara Pym
She suffered from aphasia as a result of the stroke, and had difficulty with spelling and reading for a short period. Her doctor ordered her retirement from the International African Institute
.
Wyatt-Brown, Anne M. Barbara Pym: A Critical Biography. University of Missouri Press, 1992.
130
Pym, Barbara. A Very Private Eye. Editors Holt, Hazel and Hilary Pym, Macmillan, 1984.
276-7
Intertextuality and Influence
Barbara Pym
Pym's experience working as an assistant editor for anthropologist Daryll Forde
at the International African Institute
in London, from 1946, informed this novel as well as some of her other works.