Quartet in Autumn intrigued us so much that we were all keen on reading another book by Barbara Pym. We were not disappointed! Such fun! Described from the point of via of the spinster daughter of a vicar, the book made us smile or laugh at every single page. Here again, hardly anything important happens apart from ordinary life in an English parish; and yet the humor, the lightness of touch associated with the precisely worded feelings of the main character gave us sheer reading pleasure .
We tried to think of similar writing such as Jane Austen, of course, but also A Brookner, E Bowen ( minus the humour),Catherine Fox – Angels and men-, E. M. Delafield – Diary of a Provincial Lady.
So thank you , Viccie, for providing us now with other Barbara Pym books to read.