too close to the problems of partriarchy

' characters resemble the people they meet in real life, 22 answered "they are not at all similar", 11 checked, "they are somewhat similar" and 2 asserted that "they are very similar. 0 of Dot's customers believed that romantic characters are "almost identical" to those they meet daily'.

"we read books so we won't cry"

"I would like it to be not as it really is"

'An optimist plot'

'event of picking up a book enabled them to deal with the particular pressures and tensions encountered in their fdaily rounds of activities'

'And I think my body is in the room but the rest of me is not'

'search for emotional gratification'

'one of the features housewives dislike most about their role is its isolation and resulting lonliness'

'declares his intention to protect her forever because of his desperate love and need for her'

'creation of that perfect union where the ideal male, who is masculine and strong yet nurturant too, finally recognizes the intrinsic worth of the heroine. Thereafter, she is required to do nothing more than exist as the centre of this paragon's attention'

'if it had to be...pills or drinks, this is harmful'

'draws the women's attention away from the immediate family circle'

'flight from one state of being to another more desirable one'

'denying the present'