Category P (Romance and love story)
| P01 | Oliver Sandys (i.e. Marguerite Florence Evans),
The Golden Flame. London: Ward Lock Ltd., 1961. Pp. 176-183 |
2-207 |
| Used by permission of John Farquharson Ltd. | ||
| Corr | 155 recidivist [recdivist] 191 unwieldy [unwieldly] |
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| Sic | 85 late-homers [lexis] | |
| Note |
Quotations from Shakespeare (though inaccurate, 95-97) |
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| 2,005 words | ||
| P02 | Rosemary Esson-Scott, Gay Grows Up. London: Robert Hale and Company, 1961. Pp. 109-116 |
2-186 |
| Used by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd. | ||
| Corr | 170 that [that that] | |
| 2,000 words | ||
| P03 | Anne Vinton, Doctor Di at the Cross-Roads. London: Mills and Boon Ltd., 1961. Pp. 5-12 |
2-213 |
| Used by permission of Mills and Boon Ltd. | ||
| Sic |
99 Parson's [spelling] |
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| 2,006 words | ||
| P04 | Maysie Greig, Every Woman's Man: A Romance. London: William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 183-189 |
2-185 |
| Used by permission of William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd. | ||
| 2,010 words | ||
| P05 | Claire Ritchie, The Fair Adventure. London: Robert Hale and Company, 1961. Pp. 52-57 |
2-190 |
| 2,001 words | ||
| P06 | Sonia Deane, Harley Street Nurse. London: Hurst and Blackett Ltd., 1961. Pp. 167-174 |
2-203 |
| Used by permission of Hutchinson Publishing Group Ltd. | ||
| 2,016 words | ||
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P07 |
Sonia Anderson, Scandal for Susie. London: Wright and Brown Ltd., 1961. Pp. 32-39 |
2-194 |
| Used by permission of A. Brown | ||
| 2,013 words | ||
| P08 | Hettie Grimstead, Sweet Prisoner. London: Mills and Boon Ltd., 1961. Pp. 59-65 |
2-197 |
| Used by permission of Mills and Boon Ltd. | ||
| Corr | 165 seen [been] | |
| 2,006 words | ||
| P09 | Monica Black, Voice in the Dark. Oracle Library 277 (1961). Pp. 35-38 |
2-203 |
| 2,000 words | ||
| P10 | Jan Andersen, Haunted Melody. London: Mills and Boon Ltd., 1961. Pp. 141-148 |
2-194 |
| Used by permission of Mills and Boon Ltd. | ||
| 2,004 words | ||
| P11 | Jane Stanley, The Lively Flame. London: Robert Hale and Company, 1961. Pp. 5-13 |
2-179 |
| Sic | 7 crèpe-soled [spelling] | |
| Note | Non-standard English in dialogue | |
| 2,001 words | ||
| P12 | Molly Waring, Elusive Lover. London: Wright and Brown Ltd., 1961. Pp. 140-146 |
2-196 |
| Corr | 38 minutes [mintes] 117 her [here] |
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| 2,006 words | ||
| P13 | Newlyn Nash, Beach of Dreams. London: John Gresham and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 23-29 |
2-210 |
| Corr | 27 slowly. [slowly] | |
| 2,003 words | ||
| P14 | Oliver Baxter (i.e. Helen Eastwood), Girl in
Danger. London: Wright and Brown Ltd., 1961. Pp. 23-29 |
2-193 |
| Used by permission of A. Brown | ||
| 2,001 words | ||
| P15 | Margaret Lynn, To See a Stranger. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1961. Pp. 124-131 |
2-194 |
| Used by permission of Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. | ||
| Corr | 28 it [if] | |
| 2,009 words | ||
| P16 | Doris Rae, The Flowering Summer. London: Robert Hale and Company Ltd., 1961. Pp. 108-113 |
2-186 |
| 2,001 words | ||
| P17 | Hilda Hamblin, "Give Back My Dreams", Smart
Novels (February 6, 1961), 9-12 |
2-208 |
| Corr | 31 "And [And] 120 going [goin] |
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| Sic | 192 fiancee [spelling] | |
| 2,014 words | ||
| P18 | Barbara Comyns (i.e. Barbara I.V. Comyns Carr), "The Birds", Family (Autumn, 1961), 24, 66, 68 |
2-175 |
| Used by permission of John Johnson, Authors' Agents | ||
| Note | Sub-standard features in dialogue | |
| 2,001 words | ||
| P19 | Alec Waugh, "A Pretty Case for Freud", Modern
Woman April, 1961), 48, 50, 52-53 |
2-212 |
| 2,004 words | ||
| P20 | May Somerset, "So She Invented George", My
Weekly (April 29, 1961), 3-4, 21 |
2-221 |
| Used by permission of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. | ||
| Note | Lack of accents in French words | |
| 2,011 words | ||
| P21 | Catherine Marchant (i.e. Catherine Ann Cookson),
"The Heritage of Folly", Woman's Realm (May 20, 1961), 58, 60, 63, 65. (Also published in book form by Macdonald and Jane's Ltd., London.) |
2-202 |
| Used by permission of Anthony Sheil Associates Ltd. | ||
| Corr | 168 house? [house] | |
| Sic | 175 fal-dals [spelling] | |
| Note | Non-standard English in dialogue | |
| 2,004 words | ||
| P22 | Cloë Feilding, "Echoes in the Street", in John Pudney, editor, Pick of Today's Short Stories. London: Putnam and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 131-137 |
2-190 |
| Used by permission of The Bodley Head Ltd. | ||
| Sic | 17 each others arms [spelling] | |
| 2,005 words | ||
| P23 | Lois Newton, "Not Hers to Love", New Moon Series 927 (1961), 28-33 |
2-196 |
| Corr | 90 its [it's] | |
| Sic | 94 it was strange a sad sensation [punctuation?] | |
| 2,006 words | ||
| P24 | Margaret Summerton, "The Sea House", Woman (June 24, 1961), 45, 47-48, 50 |
2-215 |
| Used by permission of Margaret Summerton | ||
| Corr | 133 shoulder [shoulder,] | |
| 2,001 words | ||
| P25 | Rosemary Lawes, "The Laird and the Lady", Woman's
World Library 485 (1961), 32-35 |
2-213 |
| Used by permission of IPC Magazines Ltd. | ||
| 2,003 words | ||
| P26 | Martin Maycock, "Waiting for Stephen", Today
(The New John Bull) (April 19, 1961), 7-9 |
2-217 |
| Corr | 110 then [them] | |
| 2,006 words | ||
| P27 | Anne Weale, "Doctor's Daughters", Woman's Weekly December 2, 1961), 36-39 |
2-227 |
| Used by permission of Mills and Boon Ltd. | ||
| Corr | 97 aquamarine [aquaramine] | |
| 2,006 words | ||
| P28 | Hilton Friars, "Across the Square", Woman's
Outlook (August, 1961), 2-3, 15 |
2-205 |
| Corr | 134 going to [goint to] | |
| 2,017 words | ||
| P29 | Susan Douglas, "A Girl on Her Own", People's
Friend (June 3, 1961), 3-5 |
2-206 |
| Used by permission of D. C. Thomson Ltd. | ||
| 2,001 words |