The Sweet Dove Died

by Barbara Pym (Author)

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  Unabridged
  2004

  $3.45

  Between the amorous antique dealer Humphrey and his good-looking nephew James glides the magnificent Leonora, delicate as porcelain, cool as ice. Can she keep James in her thrall? Or will he be taken from her by a lover, like Phoebe . . . or Ned, the wicked American?

  'A highly distinctive and - ultimately - charitable novel' Financial Times

  'Faultless' Guardian

  'Her Characters are all meticulously impaled on the delicate pins of a wit that is as scrupulous as it is deadly' Observer

  `A coldly funny book' Sunday Telegraph

  `Highly distinctive . . . the critics who have recently insisted on Miss Pym's too long neglected gifts have not been wrong' Financial Times

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  Paperback
  1980

  $3.60