Barbara Pym’s secret sexual awakening
The great English novelist spun comic gold from her spinsterhood, but as a student she was wild – until a fling took a disturbing turn Some moments of rapture : Barbara Pym pictured in the 1930s
Credit: The Barbara Pym Society
Mention the name of the novelist Barbara Pym and the image conjured up is of a middle-aged spinster gossiping about the curate over a cup of tea in a rainy village, with a cat on her knee. A comforting, very English world. But the image belies the reality of a life of adventure and resilience that she subtly wove into the fabric of her novels.
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