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 Crampton Hodnet - Barbara Pym
Description: ISBN 1559212438 / Author: Barbara Pym / Genre: Fiction Newest Review: ... a way few books do. Miss Doggett, the upright spinster who entertains hapless Oxford youths at tea parties in her dark North ... more  ... Oxford home; Jessie Morrow, her companion; their curate lodger, the vicar and his wife, Miss Doggett's cousin, the academic Francis Cleveland, his vague but charming wife Margaret, Francis's brilliant student, Barbara Bird, and many others enrich the cast of an enchanting novel. The plot is more vigorous than in some of Pym's later works, and one laughs from beginning to end. Treat yourself some rainy afternoon.
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Format: Paperback, Publisher: Moyer Bell(01-May-2000), ISBN: 1559
Pages: 216, Edition: New Ed, Paperback, Moyer Bell Ltd ,U.S. - Bo ... |
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Crampton Hodnet - Barbara Pym: Rainy Afternoon Treat (106 words)
by alandooley - written on 17.08.00 (Very useful, 32 readings)
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"Crampton Hodnet," a novel of Oxford, entertains and amuses in a way few books do. Miss Doggett, the upright spinster who entertains hapless Oxford youths at tea parties in her dark North Oxford home; Jessie Morrow, her companion; their curate lodger, the vicar and his wife, Miss Doggett's cousin, the academic Francis Cleveland, his vague but charming wife Margaret, Francis's brilliant student, Barbara Bird, and many others enrich the cast of an enchanting novel. The plot is more vigorous than in some of Pym's later works, and one laughs from beginning to end. Treat yourself some rainy afternoon. ...
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