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A Story Of The Preternatural

Antonia Douro THE LIFTED VEIL by George Eliot Virago Modern Classics, £2.50 T here is veiled irony in Virago Modern Classics, who confess to choosing books `because they......

Suffolk Charm And J Aunty Horror

Miranda Seymour THE STORIES OF RONALD BLYTHE by Ronald Blythe Chatto & Windus, £9.95 POLARIS AND OTHER STORIES by Fay Weldon Hodder & Stoughton, £8.95 R eviewers who like short......