tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post6442588664050526080..comments2024-03-26T16:09:11.452-03:00Comments on Fly-by-night: Fireside Publications Limited - Part IIbowdlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504137974544195250noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post-35037750529904990872010-01-14T15:32:17.278-04:002010-01-14T15:32:17.278-04:00Yes but Madame is "sensational" while Vi...Yes but Madame is "sensational" while Vickie is merely "unusual". I doubt that it was published before but it could have been under a different name.<br /><br />I've seen speculation that Dorothy Leona Edgar is Keith Edgar. I'm fairly certain that Edgar's wife's name was Leone. There is also a book published by Bell with author Dorothy Leone (different spelling) Edgar.bowdlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504137974544195250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post-76685912904747637792010-01-14T12:53:59.263-04:002010-01-14T12:53:59.263-04:00Fireside's Madame Bovary is fun. "A $2.00...Fireside's <i>Madame Bovary</i> is fun. "A $2.00 IMMORTAL CLASSIC FOR 25ยข" Why not $3.00... or $30.00? <br /><br />But what I find most amusing is the description of poor Emma Bovary as an "ABNORMAL WOMAN", the very same words used to describe lesbian Vickie Saunders. Hmm... adds a whole new twist to Flaubert's novel (not to mention the whole "Madame Bovary, c'est moi" thing).<br /><br />Must say, I'm curious about <i>The Strange Loves of Vickie Saunders"</i>. "Sold for the first time in Canada", it says - yet I see no sign that it was published elsewhere. And who was Dorothy Leona Edgar? Should I assume that, as with most lesbian pulp, it is a <i>nom de plume</i>?Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.com