{"product_id":"the-sweet-dove-died-9781681379753","title":"The Sweet Dove Died","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn acidly funny novel about a woman who falls for a much younger man by one of Britain's great writers of social comedy, now back in print. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lesser-known, darker sister to Barbara Pym's \u003ci\u003eExcellent Women\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sweet Dove Died \u003c\/i\u003eis one of Barbara Pym's last novels, in which her work took on a new, keen edge. It is about a woman's attachment to a man much younger than herself. Beautiful and self-absorbed, Leonora Eyre has a passion for collecting Victorian objects and is coolly indifferent towards everything outside of her fastidious, elegant existence. When she is courted by Humphrey, a widowed antiques dealer, she disdains his advances, preferring rather the attentions of his twenty-four-year-old nephew, James. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeonora's possession of James is challenged, however, first by Phoebe, a bookish young woman his own age, and then by the suave and seductive Ned, a visiting American professor with whom James quickly becomes infatuated. Pym's sharp eye for comedy and shrewd observation of English manners are on full display in this finely wrought novel of love, loss, and all the hopes and disappointments that befall the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Pym\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 4.80w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681379753","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44716627034249,"sku":"9781681379753","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2378d34a-3685-4bbc-9ec0-e98748f61b0b.jpg?v=1759249849","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-sweet-dove-died-9781681379753","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}