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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... felt so alien from the whole kindly , law - abiding house ; I felt like a pariah , and his mother's tolerance only increased my shame ; she didn't push me away , but put both her arms round me and said that nothing I could do was wrong ...
... felt so alien from the whole kindly , law - abiding house ; I felt like a pariah , and his mother's tolerance only increased my shame ; she didn't push me away , but put both her arms round me and said that nothing I could do was wrong ...
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... felt quite certain , only that I had it by me , that something frightful would have made its appearance , and ... felt the same lassitude , and a languor weighed upon me all day . I felt myself a changed girl . A strange melancholy was ...
... felt quite certain , only that I had it by me , that something frightful would have made its appearance , and ... felt the same lassitude , and a languor weighed upon me all day . I felt myself a changed girl . A strange melancholy was ...
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... felt the pulsing of blood beneath the skin . She also sensed a rising excitement that was unfamiliar to her . " There is a joy to the exchange we make . We draw life into ourselves , yet we give life as well . We give what's needed ...
... felt the pulsing of blood beneath the skin . She also sensed a rising excitement that was unfamiliar to her . " There is a joy to the exchange we make . We draw life into ourselves , yet we give life as well . We give what's needed ...
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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