- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (30 May 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140108874
- ISBN-13: 978-0140108873
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 467,424 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Josephine Tey is a wonderful writer. A sharp, clear and intelligent style.
She introduces Miss Pym in a few pages, but we feel we have always known her. Set in the 1940's, a middle aged and overlooked spinster becomes famous by writing a book.
She is invited by an old and much admired friend to lecture to the students at a college of physical training. She becomes involved in the life of the college and in a totally unexpected crime. She solves the mystery but there is a moral dilemma.
I was most struck by the way the students are treated- they are late teens early twenties, but are seen as children by their teachers.
She introduces Miss Pym in a few pages, but we feel we have always known her. Set in the 1940's, a middle aged and overlooked spinster becomes famous by writing a book.
She is invited by an old and much admired friend to lecture to the students at a college of physical training. She becomes involved in the life of the college and in a totally unexpected crime. She solves the mystery but there is a moral dilemma.
I was most struck by the way the students are treated- they are late teens early twenties, but are seen as children by their teachers.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An odd book but strangely fascinating. Tey creates a murder mystery set in the long lost world of girls' Physical Ed. colleges and introduces us to an array of 'types': the rich and sociable, the ambitious, and the oddball, like the bizarrely nick-named, flamenco dancing 'Nut Tart'.
The staff too are an arrestingly odd and old fashioned lot. Miss Pym, a self-taught psychologist, finds herself captivated by the atmosphere and energy of the school and drawn into its life and events. For me the atmosphere was the interesting part, a world where girls, even rich ones, were beginning to become independent and work, but still harking back to days of a more formal and restricted activities for young women. Miss Pym has a moral choice to make and whether you feel she makes the right one is up to you. I don't want to spoil the ending but it is extraordinarily idiosyncratic....morally questionable even.
If you have ever attended an all girls' boarding school yourself you will find yourself reminded of sights and sounds of communal life that you thought you had long ago forgotten.
The staff too are an arrestingly odd and old fashioned lot. Miss Pym, a self-taught psychologist, finds herself captivated by the atmosphere and energy of the school and drawn into its life and events. For me the atmosphere was the interesting part, a world where girls, even rich ones, were beginning to become independent and work, but still harking back to days of a more formal and restricted activities for young women. Miss Pym has a moral choice to make and whether you feel she makes the right one is up to you. I don't want to spoil the ending but it is extraordinarily idiosyncratic....morally questionable even.
If you have ever attended an all girls' boarding school yourself you will find yourself reminded of sights and sounds of communal life that you thought you had long ago forgotten.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Fortyish Miss Pym has written a popular psychology book and is invited to lecture at a women's physical training college run by her old school friend. She stays for a couple of weeks as an honorary staff member and becomes involved in the lives of the students. Then an unpopular girl is found fatally injured... The "closed community" background makes this more of a novel than a mystery. One of Tey's best, and based on her experience in institutions and the theatre.
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Character and crime
I read this author's The Daughter of Time many years ago but have not read any of her other books. I thought it was about time I rectified this situation and chose Miss Pym... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Damaskcat
A Great Read
I first read this novel some years ago and enjoyed it then and even more on this reread. Josephine Tey's writing is so elegant. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ann M
A bit weird
I love Josephine Tey's books but this one was not very interesting. The writing was excellent (hence the rating) but the story was poor.
Published 15 months ago by Mrs. A. Robinson
A dark tale in Golden Age clothing
This is a very dark and nasty tale, in the clothing of a cutesy romp in the Golden Age of detective fiction. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2007 by S. Bailey
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