Title: My Lady Love, My Dove

Title: My Lady Love, My Dove Title Record # 100041
Author: Roald Dahl
Date: 1952-06-21
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: First published in the New Yorker, June 21, 1952.

Synopsis: Pamela reminds her husband Arthur, who is expressing qualms of conscience, that he is actually just as nasty a person as her, and that's why they're happy in their marriage. Their relationship is seen in action when they bug the bedroom of their guests who had the bad manners to win at bridge.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1961^ⓘTranslated by Pentti Saarikoski	Finnish	Rakkaani, kyyhkyläiseni
1962^ⓘTranslated by Hans Edinga	Dutch	M'n liefje, m'n duifje
1977^ⓘTranslated by Hans-Heinrich Wellmann	German	Mein Herzblatt

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Someone Like You	1953-00-00	Roald Dahl	Alfred A. Knopf		$3.50^?$: US dollar	359	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Someone Like You	1954-00-00	Roald Dahl	Secker & Warburg		12/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Someone Like You	1961-00-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph			295	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Someone Like You	1961-08-00	Roald Dahl	Dell	F139	$0.50^?$: US dollar	320	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Victor Kalin
Someone Like You	1965-00-00	Roald Dahl	Four Square Books	1229	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Someone Like You	1965-00-00	Roald Dahl	Dell	8116	$0.60^?$: US dollar	253	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl	1969-11-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph	0-7181-0697-0	£^?£: UK pound	442	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Someone Like You	1970-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-003074-3		270	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Omnific
Someone Like You	1972-00-00	Roald Dahl	Pocket Books	0-671-77485-9		246	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1979-02-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph	0-7181-1751-4	£5.95^?£: UK pound	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1979-02-22	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-005131-7	£^?£: UK pound	282	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1979-09-00	Roald Dahl	Vintage Books	0-394-74081-5 / V-81	$2.95^?$: US dollar	[6]+ 471+ [2]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1980-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-005131-7	£0.95^?£: UK pound	181	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Completely Unexpected Tales	1986-09-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-009820-8	£2.95^?£: UK pound	405	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
Tales of the Unexpected	1990-08-00	Roald Dahl	Vintage Books	0-679-72989-5	$10.95^?$: US dollar	471	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Seth Jaben
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl	1991-09-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph	0-7181-3545-8	£15.99^?£: UK pound	iv+ 762	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Skin and Other Stories	2000-02-00	Roald Dahl	Puffin / Penguin Books (UK)	0-14-130553-3	£5.99^?£: UK pound	vii+ 212	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Bill Gregory
Ten Short Stories	2000-03-30	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books (Penguin Student Edition)	0-14-081778-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	190	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Valerie Conway
Skin and Other Stories	2000-07-00	Roald Dahl	Viking	0-670-89184-3	$15.99^?$: US dollar	212	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bill Gregory
Skin and Other Stories	2001-09-27	Roald Dahl	Puffin	0-14-131151-7		[viii]+ 213	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Bill Gregory
Collected Stories	2006-10-17	Roald Dahl	Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library #300)	0-307-26490-4	$30.00^?$: US dollar	xxxviii+ 850	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	2008-09-01	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books Australia (Popular Penguins)	978-0-14-103757-8	A$9.95^?A$: Australian dollar	282	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Someone Like You	2009-12-07	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	978-0-14-196207-8	£6.49^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Someone Like You	2009-12-07	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-118964-2	£9.99^?£: UK pound	272	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Adrianna Williams
Someone Like You	date unknown	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-003074-3	£6.99^?£: UK pound	270	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	John Caple
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl	date unknown	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books India	978-0-14-015807-6	Rs 499.00	762	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Elizabeth Thomas

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