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Books

Grandeur and decay J. G. Links Venice: The Greatness and the Fall John Julius Norwich (Allen Lane pp. 400, £12) Ruskin and Venice Jeanne Clegg (Junction Books pp. 233, £12.50)......

The Feminine Feminist

Anita Brookner Colette: A Biography Michele Sarde, translated by Roger Miller (Michael Joseph OP. 479, £12.95) The frizzy hair, the watchful eyes, the tutelary cats, the state......