Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the PresentLillian Faderman Lesbian and bisexual literature over the past four centuries, tracing the evolution of the genre from romantic friendship, through the exotic and evil, to the explicitly sexual. An example of exotic and evil is provided by Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 vampire novella, Carmilla. By the author of Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers. |
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... Felipa lived on the edge of the great salt - marsh alone with her grandparents , for her mother was dead . The ... Felipa's father was a Spanish sailor , and , as he had died only the year before , the child's Spanish was fairly correct ...
... Felipa lived on the edge of the great salt - marsh alone with her grandparents , for her mother was dead . The ... Felipa's father was a Spanish sailor , and , as he had died only the year before , the child's Spanish was fairly correct ...
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... Felipa came running after us , and Edward immediately challenged her to a race : a game of romps began . If Christine had been looking from her window she might have thought he was not especially disconsolate over her absence ; but she ...
... Felipa came running after us , and Edward immediately challenged her to a race : a game of romps began . If Christine had been looking from her window she might have thought he was not especially disconsolate over her absence ; but she ...
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... Felipa , and she likes one as well as the other . " Which was not true , in my case at least , since Felipa had openly derided my small strength when I lifted her , and beat off the sponge with which I attempted to bathe her hot face ...
... Felipa , and she likes one as well as the other . " Which was not true , in my case at least , since Felipa had openly derided my small strength when I lifted her , and beat off the sponge with which I attempted to bathe her hot face ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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