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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... Violet to an end , I might have the strength of mind to blot all that entirely out of my life . At the end of that ... Violet's amusements . Even now I see his good points , and they are many ; but I see them only by translating myself ...
... Violet to an end , I might have the strength of mind to blot all that entirely out of my life . At the end of that ... Violet's amusements . Even now I see his good points , and they are many ; but I see them only by translating myself ...
Page 279
... Violet told him she had meant to run away with me instead of marrying him ; she told him she didn't care for him . He got very white , and I thought he was going to faint . I restrained myself from saying much more . I wanted to say ...
... Violet told him she had meant to run away with me instead of marrying him ; she told him she didn't care for him . He got very white , and I thought he was going to faint . I restrained myself from saying much more . I wanted to say ...
Page 285
... Violet safe , and present ; I was touched by this , because I shared and could un- derstand it . Next morning Violet was better , and we three breakfasted together , and afterwards got a motor to go across to Boulogne . Still the ...
... Violet safe , and present ; I was touched by this , because I shared and could un- derstand it . Next morning Violet was better , and we three breakfasted together , and afterwards got a motor to go across to Boulogne . Still the ...
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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