Publication history Pym started to write Some Tame Gazelle in 1934, shortly after completing her studies at St Hilda's College, Oxford. The novel was rejected by several publishers, including Jonathan Cape and Gollancz. Cape expressed interest in Pym's writing, however, and encouraged her to make some alterations to the text and consider re-submitting.Pym 1984, p.60 Pym's friend, the up-and-coming literary critic Robert Liddell, provided detailed criticism of the novel to assist with edits.
P,ublication history Pym started to write Some Tame Gazelle in 1934, shortly after completing her studies at St Hilda's College, Oxford. The novel was rejected by several publishers, including Jonathan Cape and Gollancz. Cape expressed interest ?in Pym's writing, however, and encouraged her to make some alterations to the text and consider re-sub!mitting.Pym 1984, p.60 Pym's friend, the up-and-coming literary critic Robert Liddell, provided detailed critic:ism of the novel to assist with edits.