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Title: The Romantic Young Lady

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Title: The Romantic Young Lady Title Record # 686025
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Date: 1947-06-21
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in the New Yorker, June 21, 1947.
Synopsis: "A flash back story about a romantic young woman in Seville, Spain. She was of good family and scheduled to marry someone properly eligible. Instead, she fell in love with a man, who although of distinguished birth, was earning his living as a coachman. This attachment was finally broken when his employer threatened to discharge him if he married." (The New Yorker)
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Bedside Tales of Mystery and Suspense 1963-00-00 ed. uncredited Panther 1473
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
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pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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