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Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 26, 2012
Category: Holidays | Books | 1950s | Europe

Comments

The cover reminds me of the lurid art that decorated the pulp science fiction magazine covers in the 40's and 50's. They made me want to learn to read!

Posted by tadchem on 12/26/12 at 01:29 PM

Bodice-rippers! My grandmother had a whole library worth of those. I never did develop an interest in them though.

Posted by KDP on 12/26/12 at 06:01 PM

Sweet-Thang puts me in mind of a young Sophia Loren.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 12/26/12 at 11:37 PM

The precurser to romance novels.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 12/28/12 at 08:21 AM

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