Civil to Strangers and Other Writings is a collection of novels and short stories by Barbara Pym, published posthumously.

Civil to Strangers was positively reviewed by The New York Times[1] as a volume that "can take its place alongside [Pym's] others with no apology".

Anita Brookner, reviewing for The Spectator, found the early novels to be "formulaic" but praised Pym's distinctive voice.

[2] The collection was published in France in 1989 as Adam et Cassandra, in Italy in 1999 as Tutte le virtù (All the Virtues), and in Spain in 2019 as Extranjeros, bienvenidos (Welcome, Foreigners).

A handsome and single Hungarian man, Stefan Tilos, arrives in the town, creating an aura of romance in the dull lives of the townspeople, including Cassandra, with whom he falls in love.

Adam realises how much he needs his wife and follows her to Hungary, where they reach a better relationship and meet Stefan and some of his relatives on friendly terms.

The novel is set in Finland, and tells the story of two young English people living in or visiting the country.

Pym finished the draft of the novel; however, when she learned that Harvey had married in late 1938, she put it aside, not wanting to work on it further due to her strong feelings.

After studying at St Hilda's College, Oxford, Pym had returned home to Oswestry to live with her parents.

Pym's only spy novel, So Very Secret features an ordinary unmarried woman, Cassandra Swan, whose father had been an Anglican vicar.