Crampton Hodnet

by Barbara Pym

This revolves around a pair of unsuitable attachments. The first involves a young curate and Miss Morrow, both residents at Miss Doggett's home who attempt to provide a plausibly innocent account of a late afternoon excursion into the woods. The second romance is between a starry-eyed professor and his female student, who is continually falling into traps of her own devising.

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?