Little Blue books was a series of books designed to get literature into the hands of working class citizens. They were small inexpensive books that fit easily into a pocket. The books gained in popularity after their beginnings in 1919. After World War II Hoover and the FBI viewed some of their controversial topics as dangerous and the bookstores would no longer carry the books. First Love And Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish Life is a collection of love stories including the following: First love by Emilia Pardo-Bazan, An Andalusian Duet by Serafin Estebanez Calerdon, Marquita he Bald by Juan Engenio-Hartzenbusch, The Love of Clotilde by Amando Palacio-Valdes, and Captain Venenos Proposal of Marriage by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon.