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Page 93
... Romantic novels sell something over thirty million copies every year . These sales can be measured in part by realising that whereas only 5,000 copies of a novel make it a best - seller , a new Victoria Holt sells between 30,000 and ...
... Romantic novels sell something over thirty million copies every year . These sales can be measured in part by realising that whereas only 5,000 copies of a novel make it a best - seller , a new Victoria Holt sells between 30,000 and ...
Page 95
... romantic literature is a particularly good recorder of changes in social attitudes . But the basic desire to preach remains very prevalent : just as Marie Corelli had insisted that electricity was somehow linked to the divine so Barbara ...
... romantic literature is a particularly good recorder of changes in social attitudes . But the basic desire to preach remains very prevalent : just as Marie Corelli had insisted that electricity was somehow linked to the divine so Barbara ...
Page 135
... romantic novelist who has complained that the surface of romantic novels hides deeper gratifications : I don't really think that romantic novels should be called ' romantic ' really . Between you and me , I think they're basically ...
... romantic novelist who has complained that the surface of romantic novels hides deeper gratifications : I don't really think that romantic novels should be called ' romantic ' really . Between you and me , I think they're basically ...
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