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EspañolA GLASS OF BLESSINGS
'''A Glass of Blessings''' is a novel by Barbara Pym, first published in 1958. The title is taken from a poem by George Herbert.
The central character, Wilmet Forsyth, is a married woman with a comfortable lifestyle and no need to go out to work. She fancies herself in love with Piers Longridge, the brother of a close friend, and imagines he is her secret admirer (the admirer is in fact the husband of a close friend of Wilmet's). Wilmet fails to realise that Piers is gay until she becomes aware of his relationship with Keith, a young man she regards as rather common.
The treatment of homosexuality in the novel is understated, and is almost unique in Pym's work.
★ Orna Raz - ''Social Dimensions in the Novels of Barbara Pym, 1949-1962: the Writer as Hidden Observer'' (2007)
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| Plot summary |
| Further reading |
Plot summary
The central character, Wilmet Forsyth, is a married woman with a comfortable lifestyle and no need to go out to work. She fancies herself in love with Piers Longridge, the brother of a close friend, and imagines he is her secret admirer (the admirer is in fact the husband of a close friend of Wilmet's). Wilmet fails to realise that Piers is gay until she becomes aware of his relationship with Keith, a young man she regards as rather common.
The treatment of homosexuality in the novel is understated, and is almost unique in Pym's work.
Further reading
★ Orna Raz - ''Social Dimensions in the Novels of Barbara Pym, 1949-1962: the Writer as Hidden Observer'' (2007)
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