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An academic question / Barbara Pym ; introduction by Kate Saunders.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781844087235 (pbk.) :
ISBN	1844087239 (pbk.) :
Personal Name	Pym, Barbara, 1913-1980
Title	An academic question / Barbara Pym ; introduction by Kate Saunders.
Publication Details	London : Virago, 2012, c1986
Physical Description	xii, 211 p. ; 20 cm.
Series	Virago modern classics
Summary Note	Classic fiction. A delightful comedy of manners with a touch of mystery, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym territory. In a provincial university town Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty wife, becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband Alan's ambitions. When she volunteers as a reader to a blind, esteemed anthropologist, Alan seizes the opportunity to steal his papers, research that could both advance his reputation while refuting the findings of a respected colleague.
Subject - Topical Term	Anthropologists -- Fiction
	Married women -- Fiction
	Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
	Married women -- Fiction
Subject - Geographic Name	England -- Fiction
Added Entry - Personal Name	Saunders, Kate