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Pompey Casmilus, Stevie Smith's loquacious alter ego and heroine, works as a secretary and writes down on yellow office paper this wickedly amusing and brainy novel. "Dear Reader," she addresses us politely, ironically, in the whirlwind of her opinions on death, sex, art. Greek... Read Full Overview

I am a forward-thinking girl, and don't stay where I am. 'Left right, be bright.'

Pompey Casmilus, Stevie Smith's loquacious alter ego, works as a secretary and writes down on yellow office paper this wickedly amusing novel. "Dear Reader," she addresses us politely in the... Read Full Overview

Stevie's alter ego Pompey is young, in love and working as a secretary for the magnificent Sir Phoebus Ullwater. In between making coffee and typing letters for Sir Phoebus, Pompey scribbles down - on yellow office paper - her quirky thoughts. Her flights of imagination take... Read Full Overview

Smith, Novel on Yellow Paper. Amusing novel by the famous English poetess.