• A poll, organised to commemorate the 75th anniversary of The Times Literary Supplements first issue, asked prominent writers for the authors they considered under-or overrated. Pym was the only writer to be selected by two contributors, Lord David Cecil and Philip Larkin.
Underrated: The six novels of Barbara Pym published between 1950 and 1961 which give an unrivalled picture of a small section of middle-class post-war England. She has a unique eye and ear for the small poignancies and comedies of everyday life.
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