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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... thought she could not bear it . I never before believed she loved me so dearly & fondly . She has more romance than I could have thought & I am satisfied . . . I thought of its being my birthday , but let it pass without notice . How ...
... thought she could not bear it . I never before believed she loved me so dearly & fondly . She has more romance than I could have thought & I am satisfied . . . I thought of its being my birthday , but let it pass without notice . How ...
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... thought he was going to faint . I restrained myself from saying much more . I wanted to say , " Don't you know , you stupid fool , that she is mine in every sense of the word ? " but I was afraid that he would kill her if I did that ...
... thought he was going to faint . I restrained myself from saying much more . I wanted to say , " Don't you know , you stupid fool , that she is mine in every sense of the word ? " but I was afraid that he would kill her if I did that ...
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... thought he would laugh at my story , and I could not bear its being treated as a jest ; and at another , I thought he might fancy that I had been attacked by the mysterious com- plaint which had invaded our neighbourhood . I had myself ...
... thought he would laugh at my story , and I could not bear its being treated as a jest ; and at another , I thought he might fancy that I had been attacked by the mysterious com- plaint which had invaded our neighbourhood . I had myself ...
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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