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77. CHILD IN THE DARK BY ROSEMARY TIMPERLEY. CROWELL, 1956.

THREE NOVELETTES ALL BASED ON A THEME OF FANTASY AND TERROR IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE. TWO OF THE THREE INVOLVE A LESBIAN. ONE OF THESE IS OVERT. THIS CONCERNS THE EVIL INFLUENCE A NOW DEAD TEACHER EXERCISES OVER HER FORMER PUPILS, ALL FEMALE,

PAUL HACKETT. PUTNAM, PUTNAM, 1955.

78. CHILDREN OF THE STONE LIONS BY PAUL HACKETT.

THE HERO MARRIES A GIRL HE HAS IMPREGNATED AND FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THEY ARE HAPPY TOGETHER. EXTERNAL PRESSURES SUCH AS JOB, MONEY, ETC., DRIVE THEM APART. THE APPEARANCE OF JACKIE, A VERY MASCULINE WOMAN FROM THE WIFE'S PAST, SENDS THEM INTO A DOWNWARD SPIRAL WHICH ENDS WITH THE WIFE'S SUICIDE. THE ODD PART IS THAT THE HUSBAND CLAIMS HE HAS MURDERED HIS WIFE IN ORDER TO EXONERATE JACKIE, HIS LESBIAN RIVAL. ALSO UNUSUAL IN THIS TYPE OF STORY IS THAT JACKIE IS PRESENTED AS THE ONLY MORAL AND UPRIGHT MEMBER OF THE CAST.

79. THE RED ROOM BY FRANCOIS MALLET-JORIS. FARRAR, STRAUSS & CUDAHY, 1956.

SEQUEL TO "THE ILLUSIONIST". A DISILLUSIONED HELENE SEEKS VENGEANCE ON HER STEPMOTHER AND FORMER LOVER BY ENTICING AWAY THE LATTER'S PARAMOUR. TRAPPED IN A RED ROOM OF GARISH HORROR, HERS IS THE TRAGEDY OF A BITTER AND HARDENED SOUL.

85. ANNETTE AND SYLVIE BY ROMAIN ROLLAND. HENRY HOLT & CO., 1925.

THE FIRST VOLUME OF "THE SOUL ENCHANTED", TELLING THE INTRIGUING STORY OF AFFECTION BETWEEN TWO HALF SISTERS WHO HAD NEVER SEEN EACH OTHER UNTIL NOW. ARISING IN A FULL SPONTANIETY OF ADOLESCENT INNOCENCE, IT RISES IN A TOWERING PASSION OBSCURING ALL OTHER CASUAL AND PASSING EVENTS.

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