The Sweet Dove Died – Barbara Pym

I adore Barbara Pym’s books, both her earlier, more comic novels such as Crampton Hodnet, Some Tame Gazelle, and Jane and Prudence, and her later darker fare, notably Quartet in Autumn. The Sweet Dove Died lies somewhere in between – we see Pym’s wit, but it is also a much sadder novel. This is the…