The Barbara Pym Books (ordered by publication date)
Homepage Bibliography Index of BP writings Barbara Pym Society Different Pigeons Casting Game Favorite Quotations Green Leaves Site Index		Some Tame Gazelle written 1935-50 (1950, J. Cape) "The new curate seemed quite a nice young man..." Excellent Women written 1949-51 (1952, J. Cape) "Mildred was quite capable of dealing with the stock situations of life." Excellent Women was broadcasted by BBC. Jane and Prudence written 1950-52 (1953, J. Cape) Less Than Angels written 1953-54 (1955, J. Cape) Loves, works and hopes of a group of young anthropologists. A Glass of Blessings written 1955-56 (1958, J. Cape) No Fond Return of Love written 1957-60 (1961, J. Cape) Quartet in Autumn written 1973-76 (1977, Macmillan, Booker Prize finalist) This is the first book published after the "rediscovery". The publisher accepted it few weeks after the TLS's article. The Sweet Dove Died written 1963-69 (1978, Macmillan) Several publisher refused the novel in 1969. A Few Green Leaves written 1977-79 (1980, Dutton) An anthropologist in her thirties returns to her home village in England and looks at its changing roles and customs in the 1970's. An Unsuitable Attachment written 1960-65 (1982, Dutton) Crampton Hodnet written 1939-40 (1985, Dutton) Barbara Pym began it in 1939, but didn't try to publish it, thinking it was outdated by the War. An Academic Question written 1970-72 (1986, Dutton) Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries, Letters (1984, Dutton) Diaries and notebooks of a lifetime. Civil to Strangers written 1936-38 (a short novel and four stories, 1988, Dutton)