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...Literary critic Harman paints Mansfield’s life through 10 of her stories, delving into each tale in turn and the life lived alongside it....
...As for a tax accountant, could ridiculous Mr Collins have the right attention to detail?...
...Byron and Shelley, Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, Hemingway and Fitzgerald — friendships between male writers are part of our literary landscape....
...The 19th century is showcased by Thackeray, Trollope and Wilkie Collins performing like a music-hall trio: Thackeray mocks a silly wife, Trollope mocks a desperate spinster, Collins mocks an ugly widow....
...If it’s impossible not to take issue with some of the omissions — no Katherine Mansfield, no EM Forster — you have to admire Hensher’s championing of unfamiliar names alongside established greats....
...Just as her sailor brothers, Frank and Charles, were instrumental in shaping the naval background to Mansfield Park (1814) and Persuasion (1817), so Henry’s military associations had a subtle impact on his...
...Evelyn Collins, chief executive, Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Andrew Cameron, chief constable, Central Scotland Police....
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