The novel in Britain: from cover to cover
Philip Hensher speaks to Alastair Benn about his new book, ‘A History of the Novel in Britain’, a stylish and very personal survey of a great tradition.
Image: Portrait of Algernon Talmage circa 1915, by Hilda Fearon. Credit: Alamy
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