title: The Hitchcock Romance: Love and Irony in Hitchcock's Films
author:  Lesley Brill 
description: "Deserves a place alongside the most provocative and incisive Hitchcock criticism of the decade." (<i>Choice</i>)<br /><br />"Brill argues his case ingeniously and goes a long way to explaining why Hitchcock was such a tease: he loved to scare us before leading us by the hand back to a world where dragons do not exist--except in the dark of the cinema."<b>---David Coward, <i>The [London] Times Literary Supplement</i></b><br /><br />"Brill argues his case persuasively in a knowledgeable analysis of Hitchcock's work."<b>---George L. George, <i>American Cinematographer</i></b>
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  ## **Alfred Hitchcock Presents**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## **12 Stories They Wouldn’t Let Me Do on TV**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  **LOVE LIES BLEEDING**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Cyprian didn’t like rushing over dinner, so they had eaten early. And now, at
  eight o’clock, he was alone with coffee in Astrid’s living room while Astrid
  herself was in the bedroom out of sight and sound, changing into some frock
  suitable for the rather tedious party they were going to together.
  
  
  
  
  
  It was very quiet in Astrid’s apartment, very comfortable. The maid had gone
  as soon as they had finished eating, so there weren’t even sounds of movements
  from dining room and kitchen to disturb the peace. And there was plenty of
  time. Plenty. Because they needn’t arrive at the Ballards’ before nine-thirty
  at the earliest.
  
  
  
  
  
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