Life has a certain reassuring if not terribly exciting rhythm for
the residents of North Oxford. Miss Morrow is content in her
position as spinster companion to Miss Doggett, even if her
employer and the woman's social circle regard her as a piece of
furniture. Stephen Latimer, the new cleric and Miss Doggett's
dashing new tenant, upsets the balance for Miss Morrow by proposing
the long discounted possibility of marriage. Miss Doggett's nephew,
Mr. Francis Cleveland, is a handsome, middle-aged professor not
destined for greatness in his field. He has a complaisant wife and
an adoring pupil, a dangerous midlife combination. The town gossips
witness an impulsive declaration of love between Francis Cleveland
and Miss Bird and conclude that Mr. Cleveland is willing to
sacrifice marriage and respectability for the sake of passion.
Caught in a potentially compromising situation with Miss Morrow,
Mr. Latimer clumsily refers to a nonexistent town: Crampton Hodnet.
His lie is harmless. In this town appearances are much more
deceiving. Barbara Pym began writing Crampton Hodnet in 1939. It
was first published posthumously in 1987, thanks to her friend and
biographer, Hazel Holt.
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