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Therese first glimpses Carol in the New York department store where she is working as a sales assistant. Carol is choosing a present for her daughter; she looks preoccupied, exuding an aura of elegance as perfect as a secret. Standing there at the counter, Therese suddenly feels wholly innocent - wholly unprepared for the first shock of love. Therese was nineteen, and loved by a young man she cared about, but could not desire. Carol was a sophisticated married woman. Now Therese seemed to have no other purpose to her life other than their meeting? First published under a pseudonym in 1952, Carol is a love story told with compelling wit and eroticism, and consummate tenderness.
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Carol, Patricia Highsmith, Val McDermid
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- Carol
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Patricia Highsmith, Val McDermid
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1408808978
- ISBN13
- 9781408808979
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Classics, Love, Women, Suspense, LGBTQ+, USA, Relationships, School, American Literature, Holidays, Christmas, Sexuality & Intimacy, Adapted for Film, New York, America, Media Tie-In, Love Stories, Homosexuality, Forbidden Love
- First published
- 1952
- Original title
- Carol (The Price of Salt)
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- Therese first glimpses Carol in the New York department store where she is working as a sales assistant. Carol is choosing a present for her daughter; she looks preoccupied, exuding an aura of elegance as perfect as a secret. Standing there at the counter, Therese suddenly feels wholly innocent - wholly unprepared for the first shock of love. Therese was nineteen, and loved by a young man she cared about, but could not desire. Carol was a sophisticated married woman. Now Therese seemed to have no other purpose to her life other than their meeting? First published under a pseudonym in 1952, Carol is a love story told with compelling wit and eroticism, and consummate tenderness.