{"product_id":"book-g3xa","title":"Barbara Pym: A BBC Radio drama collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDramatisations and a reading of selected novels by Barbara Pym - plus bonus material\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Pym is one of the 20th Century's wittiest, and most underrated, novelists. Her perceptive comedies of manners, centred around the domestic lives and loves of unassuming middle-class Englishwomen, won her many devoted readers and saw her hailed as a modern-day Jane Austen. Yet she spent 15 years out of print in the 1960s and '70s, until Philip Larkin championed her work in the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement. \u003c\/i\u003eHer seventh novel was subsequently shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and writers from Jilly Cooper to Alexander McCall Smith continue to laud her talent today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluded in this collection are the BBC Radio dramatisations of some of her most beloved books, including her debut \u003ci\u003eSome Tame Gazelle\u003c\/i\u003e; her second novel \u003ci\u003eCrampton Hodnet\u003c\/i\u003e, published posthumously in 1985; and its sequel \u003ci\u003eJane and Prudence\u003c\/i\u003e. Alongside them are her fifth and sixth novels, \u003ci\u003eA Glass of Blessings\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Fond Return of Love\u003c\/i\u003e; and a comic spy thriller, \u003ci\u003eSo Very Secret\u003c\/i\u003e. Adapted by actress and writer Elizabeth Proud, they feature stellar casts including \u003cb\u003eMiriam Margolyes, Hannah Gordon, Samantha Bond, Rebecca Front, Joanna David, Penny Downie\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAmanda Root\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer best-known novel, \u003ci\u003eExcellent Women\u003c\/i\u003e, about a clergyman's daughter whose life is disturbed by anthropologists and a handsome naval officer, is read by \u003ci\u003eOne Foot in the Grave\u003c\/i\u003e star \u003cb\u003eAnnette Crosbie\u003c\/b\u003e. It is followed by a bonus biographical drama, \u003ci\u003eThe Resurrection of Miss Pym\u003c\/i\u003e, starring\u003cb\u003e Penelope Wilton\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBill Wallis\u003c\/b\u003e and telling the story of Barbara Pym's warm friendship with Philip Larkin, her years in the publishing wilderness, and her eventual triumphant rediscovery. And in the fascinating radio talk \u003ci\u003eFinding a Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, we hear from the author in her own words as she analyses her inspiration, influences, literary style and why she kept on writing 'even in the face of discouragement'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eCast and credits\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Barbara Pym\u003cbr\u003eCopyright © Barbara Pym 1950 (\u003ci\u003eSome Tame Gazelle\u003c\/i\u003e), 1953 (\u003ci\u003eJane and Prudence\u003c\/i\u003e), 1958 (\u003ci\u003eA Glass of Blessings\u003c\/i\u003e), 1961 (\u003ci\u003eNo Fond Return of Love\u003c\/i\u003e), 1987 (\u003ci\u003eSo Very Secret\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrampton Hodnet \u003c\/i\u003ecopyright © Barbara Pym, Hilary Walton 1985, Hazel Holt 2004\u003cbr\u003eWith thanks to the British Library for the sourcing of \u003ci\u003eCrampton Hodnet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eContents\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome Tame Gazelle\u003cbr\u003eCrampton Hodnet\u003cbr\u003eJane and Prudence\u003cbr\u003eA Glass of Blessings\u003cbr\u003eNo Fond Return of Love\u003cbr\u003eSo Very Secret\u003cbr\u003eExcellent Women\u003cbr\u003eThe Resurrection of Miss Pym\u003cbr\u003eFinding a Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49361064231216,"sku":"BDg3xa","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/98498-g3xa-Square.jpg?v=1734492546","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g3xa","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}