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havi brooks, February 2, 2007 (view all comments by havi brooks)
My favorite Pym novel. I have read it at least twenty times and could quote large sections of it to you although you'd be better off curling up with a pot of tea and reading it yourself.

Excellent Women is a delicious depiction of a fairly quiet, not especially self-aware woman who has non-adventures and shares her meandering stream of consciousness thoughts in an absolutely unintentional but enormously enjoyable and clever way. Sweet little things happen to her, the other characters are a kick in the pants and the whole book is just perfectly done.

The "modern Jane Austin" appellation both fits and doesn't, the novel is perfectly charming and thoroughly enjoyable.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780452267305

Author:

Pym, Barbara

Publisher:

Plume

Location:

New York, N.Y. :

Subject:

General

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

England

Subject:

Single women

Subject:

Psychological fiction

Subject:

Self-esteem in women

Subject:

Psychological fiction, England

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

General Fiction

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Copyright:

1978

Edition Description:

Mass Market

Series Volume:

21

Publication Date:

19880501

Binding:

Paperback

Grade Level:

from 12

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

272

Dimensions:

7.62x5.24x.63 in. .49 lbs.

Age Level:

from 18