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This is the first printing of this edition of the book and has a full 1 to 10 number sequence. 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 pre-occupied, exuding an air of elegance as perfect as a secret. Standing there at the counter, Therese is wholly unprepared for the shock of love. First published in 1952, Carol is a love story told with compelling wit and eroticism and consummate tenderness.