''Every Eye'' is a 1956 novel by the British

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Isobel English. The novel describes the life of a girl who eventually marries a younger man and travels with him to the Spanish island of

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. It is written in both the present and past tense, alternating between the two as Hatty describes her immediate experiences and, as a result, is prompted to revisit memories of her past.

Reissued

English's descriptions of

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, Somerset, draw on the time she spent there at La Retrait, a convent school. ''Every Eye'' is the second of English's four novels and was republished in 2000 by

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. Despite having slated English's first novel ''The Key that Rusts'',

John Betjeman Sir John Betjeman, (; 28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architect ...

, in his 1956 review for ''

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'', spoke highly of ''Every Eye'', "Sometimes, but not often, a novel comes along which makes the rest one has to review seem commonplace. Such a novel is ''Every Eye''. It is remarkable for the skill of its construction, and for the style of its writing.... This novel is short, but none of it can be skipped."Quoted in "Preface", Neville Braybrooke, ''Every Eye'', Isobel English, (Persephone Books 2000), p. vi.

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1956 British novels Novels set in Somerset Novels set in Spain British romance novels Ibiza in fiction Books and novels about Ibiza André Deutsch books {{1950s-romance-novel-stub