Since Barbara Pym's death in 1980, her popularity has continued to grow among both critics and general readers. Books and articles on her 12 novels and her autobiography are beginning to appear regularly, and she is well on her way to securing a place among the classic English novelists. In 1977, Lord David Cecil called her works the finest examples of high comedy to have appeared in the last 75 years.
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Since Barbara Pym's death in 1980, her popularity has continued to grow among both critics and general readers. Books and articles on her 12 novels and her autobiography are beginning to appear regularly, and she is well on her way to securing a place among the classic English novelists. In 1977, Lord David Cecil called her works the finest examples of high comedy to have appeared in the last 75 years.
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