Q. Because I love Jane Austen, a friend thought I’d like the novels of Barbara Pym. When I read an author for the first time, I like to start with their best book. With that in mind, which book should I read first?
A . For this question, I turned to a reference set on literature, “Critical Survey of Long Fiction,” edited by Frank Magill.
That essay is fascinating, but I want to provide the answer to this reader’s question before going on to Barbara Pym’s career.
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