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Muriel Spark’s irrepressible creative drive

BOHEMIANS A BLOOMSBURY INGÉNUE The lives ...

Heirs and Graces: A History of the Modern ...

HOW quickly Sylvia’s life had changed! At New Year, she’d wished that the next 12 months would mean better health for her grandmother, a new washing machine for her mother and, if at all possible, a p

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TENDERLY, Violet touched her frail mother’s cheek. Ruby gazed wide-eyed at her daughter. Eventually, shocked and disbelieving, she spoke, her voice a feeble whisper. “Violet, I’m begging you. Don’t go