Allen, Orphia Jane. Barbara Pym: Writing a Life. Scarecrow Press, 1994.
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Family and Intimate relationships | Barbara Pym | BP
's father, Frederic Crampton Pym
, a solicitor, had been born illegitimate. BP
called her father Dor. In an interview with biographer Anne Wyatt-Brown, Hilary Pym
could not remember what the name meant... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Barbara Pym | BP
's sister, Hilary
, was born in 1916. Hilary married a man named Walton, but the marriage was of relatively brief duration. The two sisters lived together for much of their adult lives, and... |
Residence | Barbara Pym | When she began her war work in December 1941, Pym moved into a house in Bristol with her sister Hilary
, her friend Honor Wyatt
, and Wyatt's two children. Allen, Orphia Jane. Barbara Pym: Writing a Life. Scarecrow Press, 1994. 15 |
Textual Production | Barbara Pym | BP
's A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries and Letters, was published posthumously. The text was edited by Hazel Holt
and the author's sister, Hilary Pym Walton
. Allen, Orphia Jane. Barbara Pym: Writing a Life. Scarecrow Press, 1994. 238 |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Barbara Pym | BP
began this novel as a story about Hilary
and me as spinsters of fiftyish—that is, about a then unimaginable future. Its dry humour and irony, its concentration on middle-aged spinsters, clergy, and the... |
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