 First edition | |
| Author | Barbara Pym |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Macmillan |
Publication date | 1 September 1977 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 (hardback edition) & 192 (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | 0-333-22778-6 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-330-32648-1 (paperback edition) |
| OCLC | 3555681 |
| 823/.9/14 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.P9965 Qar PR6066.Y58 |
Quartet in Autumn is a novel by British novelist Barbara Pym, first published in 1977. It was highly praised and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the top literary prize in the UK.[1] This was considered a comeback novel for Pym; she had fallen out of favour as styles changed, and her work had been rejected by publishers for 15 years. This followed her successful record as a novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s. As a novel, it represents a departure from her earlier style of light comedy, as it is the story of four office workers on the verge of retirement.
- ^ "Quartet in Autumn". Barbara Pym Society. Retrieved 17 August 2020.