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The value of a quiet voice

For so long the poor relation of English letters, the short story finally came of age in the fiction of V S Pritchett.

By William Trevor

Reviews round-up

Reviews round-up

The critics' verdicts on Alain de Botton, Joseph Roth and Nathan Englander.

Dictionary

Burying the hatchet

Burying the hatchet

Adam Mars-Jones wins award for the "most trenchant book review of the past twelve months".

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Charles Dickens: snapshots of a life

Charles Dickens: snapshots of a life

Caricatures, interiors and comb-overs.

Dickens at 200

Dickens at 200

A life in letters.

The Books Interview: Jodi Kantor

The Books Interview: Jodi Kantor

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The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens

The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens

Jenny Hartley (editor)

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The Revelations

Alex Preston

The Detour

Gerbrand Bakker
The Last Holiday: a Memoir

The Last Holiday: a Memoir

Gil Scott-Heron

The Books Interview: Marwan Bishara

The Books Interview: David Cannadine

The Books Interview — Chad Harbach

The critic and n+1 editor talks about his first novel, The Art of Fielding, baseball and literary influences from Whitman through Thoreau to David Foster Wallace.

The Books Interview: Roger Scruton

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Books interview: Noo Saro-Wiwa

The Books Interview: Mourid Barghouti

The Books Interview: Robert Service

The historian talks about the early years of the Soviet Union and its relationship with the west.

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The Books Interview: David Kynaston

The NS Interview: Miranda July, writer and film-maker

“It’s more interesting to play the person who makes mistakes”

Books interview: Mark Doty

"There are those fortunate hours when the world consents to be made into a poem."

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The value of a quiet voice

The value of  a quiet voice

The Fixer

The Fixer (BBC2)

Ralph Fiennes

The NS Interview: Ralph Fiennes

The Muppets return

Gilbey on Film: We need to talk about Kermit

A life in pictures

Charles Dickens: snapshots of a life

Hemingway's Boat

Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved  in Life, and Lost (1934-61)

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Our film awards

And the award goes to...

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