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Sensitive

Francis King Words Helen Stancey (Robin Clarke £7.50) I theme, Helen Stancey's Words n resembles innumerable other 'sensitive' first novels. This bildungsroman about a young......

A Golden Eye

Harold Acton The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Edited and abridged by Charles Hope and Alessandro Nova (Phaidon £15) B envenuto Cellini's autobiography is even more famous......

Two Georges

Bel Mooney Mr George Eliot David Williams (Hodder and Stoughton £12.95) G eorge Henry Lewes began his career as actor and journalist; he ended it as biographer, philosopher,......