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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... touch your hand — my cheek your cheek - I stroke your vanished hair , Why did you enter , sister , since you must depart ? Had not its heart been torn enough but you must send your shred ? Oh ! our Condor Kate ! Come from your crags ...
... touch your hand — my cheek your cheek - I stroke your vanished hair , Why did you enter , sister , since you must depart ? Had not its heart been torn enough but you must send your shred ? Oh ! our Condor Kate ! Come from your crags ...
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... touch and the murmur of her lovely voice . She appealed to my unawakened senses ; she wore , I remember , a dress of red velvet , that was exactly the colour of a red rose , and that made of her , with her white skin and the tawny hair ...
... touch and the murmur of her lovely voice . She appealed to my unawakened senses ; she wore , I remember , a dress of red velvet , that was exactly the colour of a red rose , and that made of her , with her white skin and the tawny hair ...
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... touch me all over and I knew I was really going to die . Leota was bold . She wasn't afraid to touch anything and where her knowledge came from was a secret but she knew what she was after . And I soon found out . The next morning we ...
... touch me all over and I knew I was really going to die . Leota was bold . She wasn't afraid to touch anything and where her knowledge came from was a secret but she knew what she was after . And I soon found out . The next morning we ...
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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