A Very Private Eye: The Diaries, Letters and Notebooks of Barbara Pym

Barbara Pym
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Intimate and unexpected portrait of the popular Engish novelist, Barbara Pym, in her own words, gathered from journals and a selection of her letters to close personal friends.
Genres: BiographyNonfictionMemoirAutobiography20th CenturyBritish LiteratureBiography MemoirWomensDiary
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