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Less Than Angels

By: Barbara Pym
Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
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Less Than Angels follows the loves, works and hopes of a group of young anthropologists.

Catherine Oliphant is a writer and lives with handsome anthropologist Tom Mallow. Their relationship runs into trouble when he begins a romance with student Deirdre Swann, so Catherine turns her attention to the reclusive anthropologist Alaric Lydgate, who has a fondness for wearing African masks.

Added to this love triangle are the activities of Deirdre's fellow students and their attempts to win the competition for a research grant. The course of true love - or academia - never did run smooth.

©1955 Barbara Pym (P)2013 Library Magna Books Ltd Classics

Critic Reviews

"A modern Jane Austen." (Alexander McCall Smith)
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This is Barbara Pym's book about anthropologists. Less of church, more of academia. And Africa in the background. It's very different from Pym's classics, A Glass of Blessings and Excellent Women. Lots more characters in this one, some love stories and well handled. It's a great book to listen to. Bravo to Patience Tomlinson for her skilful narration. And bravo Audible for commissioning it. Please bring us more Barbara Pym. Her novels sparkle and are a joy to listen to.

A more complex Miss Pym

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