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Not So Funny Valentine

Lucy Hughes-Hallett FOR SYLVIA by Valentine Ackland Chatto (Cc Windus, £6.95, pp.135 SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER: A BIOGRAPHY by Claire Harman Chatto &Windus, £16.95, pp.358 I n the......

Parish And Parochial Affairs

Francis King A PARTICULAR PLACE by Mary Hocking Chatio & Windus, f12.95, pp- 216 h e chief characters of Mary Hocking's novel are a vicar, Michael Hoath, newly arrived in a West......