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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Page 87
... side of the Abby - tree . She worked hard and fast . That afternoon one look- ing at the tree from the house would have been misled . That side of the Abby - tree was brave with bloom . Sarah drew Abby in her chair a little way into the ...
... side of the Abby - tree . She worked hard and fast . That afternoon one look- ing at the tree from the house would have been misled . That side of the Abby - tree was brave with bloom . Sarah drew Abby in her chair a little way into the ...
Page 260
... side of me longs to destroy that innocence and put a more vital state in its place , one side of me clamours to make a woman of you , so then whatever happens in your life you will at least have known the meaning of passion - not in ...
... side of me longs to destroy that innocence and put a more vital state in its place , one side of me clamours to make a woman of you , so then whatever happens in your life you will at least have known the meaning of passion - not in ...
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... side to side . Lastly came sensations . One , not unpleasant , but very peculiar , she said , resembled the flow of an icy stream against her breast . At a later time , she felt something like a pair of large needles pierce her , a ...
... side to side . Lastly came sensations . One , not unpleasant , but very peculiar , she said , resembled the flow of an icy stream against her breast . At a later time , she felt something like a pair of large needles pierce her , a ...
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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