Lizzie - Classic Book Club

Welcome to Classic Book Club

Hello! I am Lizzie, and my main joy in life is reading books and thinking about books! I have so many thoughts about each book I read so wanted a place to record these thoughts, and a place where others who are reading the same book as me can share their thoughts about it too. I’ve tried to write my (often lengthy!) reviews of books so it feels like I am chatting with you as we read the book together, comparing thoughts at the end of a chapter and ideas of where the plot and characters may end up, wondering why the author has written a character or scene in a particular way and what they may be subtly trying to tell us about that character or scene. So enjoy reading along with me, and please get in touch, I’d love to be able to discover more about a favourite book from your thoughts on it.

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The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym

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Barbara Pym
The Sweet Dove Died

I adore Barbara Pym's writing! I’m reading a couple of her books at the same time (this one and Excellent Women) but whereas the Excellent Women book is set in the 1950s (which seems the kind of natural fit timewise for her books, I think, with the politely restrained mild spinsters from that time), I see this book was written in the late 1960s and published in the 1970s which makes me wonder if it will feel different being set in that later time. Read the full review

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