![]() ![]() ![]() As well as brilliantly conveying a sense of time and place, Smith cleverly uses unusual angles, ominous shadows and body language to bring a hint of menace to these apparently innocent scenes. Mark Smith, who provided the illustrations for The Singing Sands, A Shilling for Candles and our new edition of The Daughter of Time, returns to bring the world of Leys to life. Title: Miss Pym Disposes Author: Josephine Tey A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook eBook No.: 0700671h.html Language: English Date first posted: May. ‘The most interesting of the great female writers of the Golden Age’ This only adds to the charm of the mystery – the reader is on an equal footing with Miss Pym, and is invited to solve the crime alongside her. Unusually for a Golden Age crime novel, rather than a detective or even an enthusiastic amateur sleuth, it features a simple bystander thrown into the drama. It was whilst teaching in such a college that Tey herself was struck by a piece of falling gymnasium equipment, providing the seed that would inspire this tale of twists and obsessive friendship. ![]() The girls and the teachers are all distinctive, even familiar, characters, and Tey writes about them with warmth and a keen observational eye. ![]() Tey herself attended a physical education college as a girl and even taught in them as an adult, and this intimacy with the subject shines throughout the book. ![]()
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