# The Sweet Dove Died

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- Book: [The Sweet Dove Died](https://www.bookquiver.com/barbara-pym/the-sweet-dove-died) ([The Sweet Dove Died.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/barbara-pym/the-sweet-dove-died.md))
- Authors: [Barbara Pym](https://www.bookquiver.com/barbara-pym)
- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-16-8137-975-3
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2025-09-16
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An 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. A lesser-known, darker sister to Barbara Pym's Excellent Women....