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An unqualifiedly great novel from the writer most likely to be compared to Jane Austen, this is a very funny, perfectly written book that can rival any other in its ability to capture the essence of its characters on the page. Mildred Lathbury, the narrator of Pym's excellent book is a never-married woman in her 30s--which in 1950s England makes her a nearly-confirmed spinster. Hers is a pretty unexciting life, centered around her small church, and part-time job. But Mildred is far more perceptive and witty than even she seems to think, and when Helena and Rockingham Napier move into the flat below her, there seems to be a chance for her life to take a new direction.

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Over thirty and bordering on spinsterhood, Mildred Lathbury lives a quiet life in an unfashionable section of London until Helena and Rockingham Napier, an anthropologist and her flag-lieutenant husband, move into the flat below. Mildred captivates us with her wry, keen account of the roiling of new and old relationships. Juliet Stevenson's Mildred is outstanding. Equally impressive are her distinctive portrayals of the disparate and colorful characters. In Stevenson's reading, we're treated to vivid, comic, finely wrought theater. J.H.L. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient de la Audio Cassette édition.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Snicker, chortle, snicker, weep, Jui 11 2002
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Mildred Lathbury is a hilariously sharp but kind observer as she becomes embroiled in the romantic messes of both the Father at her church and her exotic new neighbours. Along the way, Mildred reevaluates her own role as one of the "excellent women" who can always be relied upon for a hot cup of tea or help polishing church brasses.

Excellent Women often had me cackling out loud, though sometimes it was the kind of laughter that comes from giving the funny bone a solid whack on the table. The subject matter and understated humour justify comparisons with Austen's Persuasion though the tone and style remind me rather more of Rose MacAuley's Towers of Trebizond.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 CAPTIVATING BRITISH SATIRE, Fév 2 2001
I enjoyed this book by Barbara Pym so much that I have re-read it numerous times. The characters are so true to form, for their social status and period, that they literally leap out of the pages at you. Nothing goes the way you would expect it to, however, when the characters are sorted out at the end and continue on their way, you cannot imagine it could have happened any other way. Ms Pym writes with a certain amount of "tongue in cheek" humor that is very understated, which makes it all that much more hilarious. If you enjoy a nice, gentle reading experience, interspersed with tears of laughter, this book is for you. An excellent addition to a library that includes Jane Austen. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Witty, perceptive, belongs on a syllabus somewhere, Nov. 20 2000
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Don't leap to the assumption that a book written fifty years ago about an unmarried do-gooding gentle woman would have nothing for a contemporary audience. Despite its London church parish setting well populated with the spinsterish "excellent women" of the title, Pym's book delivers sharp observations about men and women, together and apart, and society's expectations for all. Her truths are pungent a sexual revolution later.

Relevancy aside, this is a good read. Pym lays out her well-defined world much as Jane Austen does, providing a critical and always witty tour. The characters are drawn as sharply as any Austen delivered. The novel is entertaining but rewardingly complex as it probes not only gender and social mores but also asks if Mildred Lathbury, the protagonist and narrator, is choosing the life of an excellent woman or if she is saddled with it. To use a contemporary phrase, it is about having a life, and this deceivingly gentle-seeming book is asking questions that are as rugged and significant as any asked in our less regulated times.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Charming book about 1950's London middle-class society
Pym's novel is beautifully written from the point of view of a thirty-something single clergy-man's daughters' point of view. Read more
Publié le Janv. 24 2003 par jenniferbraun

5.0étoiles sur 5 A Book About Nothing--before Seinfeld
All of Ms. Pym's books are excellent and worth reading over and over. Quartet in Autumn & The Sweet Dove Died are sad. All the others are humourous. Read more
Publié le Fév 1 2002 par noregrets3

5.0étoiles sur 5 Life is Like This - Funny, Sad
I thought many times while reading this book -- Yes, life is like this. The narrator, Mildred Lathbury, is 30+ years old, an orphan and single in the 1950s. Read more
Publié le Oct. 9 2001 par miesh

4.0étoiles sur 5 Very enjoyable
This is definitely not a Jane Austen novel, though it is enjoyable in its own right. The protagonist, Mildred Lathbury, is also our narrator -- a woman who is, generally... Read more
Publié le Mars 25 2001 par audrey

5.0étoiles sur 5 A billiantly conceived protagonist
Ms. Lathbury is a 30-something unmarried woman in 1950's smalltown England. She is the voice of this novel, one of edgy humor, the pathos of repressed and unrealized romanticism,... Read more
Publié le Sep 24 2000 par Ernest Joselovitz

5.0étoiles sur 5 Is there an anthropologist in the parish?
In Excellent Women, the protagonist Mildred Lathbury floats between two seemingly opposite cultures, a high Catholic (though not Roman, heaven forfend) city parish and a circle of... Read more
Publié le Sep 23 2000 par Nancy Aronson

5.0étoiles sur 5 Love At Last
This is another comparison of Barbara Pym's books, so that readers can better choose between them. It goes without saying that I think all her work is excellent in its own quiet,... Read more
Publié le Juil 18 2000 par Helen M. Kim

5.0étoiles sur 5 The classic Barbara Pym novel
Barbara Pym is an author who has gained in reputation since her death, and "Excellent Women" is the epitome of her writing. Read more
Publié le Sep 28 1999

3.0étoiles sur 5 Should rename it 'Excellent Women and the Men Who Use Them'
My book group members and I discussed the book a bit by email before our meeting. One of our members could not attend, and sent this encapsulation, which the rest of us felt did a... Read more
Publié le Déc 4 1998

5.0étoiles sur 5 I was tickled by the turns of phrase
I loved being privy to the thoughts of the fictional character, Miildred Lathbury. Her take on the events around her is vastly amusing. Read more
Publié le Déc 3 1998

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