The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short StoriesMargaret Reynolds The anxiety of unresolved desire is present in many stories - Radclyffe Hall's Miss Ogilvy is unable truly to find herself in this world, Djuna and Lillian hold back from each other in Anais Nin's "Cities of the Interior," and the energy and commitment that should go into a loving relationship are stifled by convention in Jane Rule's story of passion outside marriage. But here are brave spirits, too - Renee Vivien's Sarolta and her Prince(ss) live forever in a vision of ideal tenderness, Colette's heroines preserve the sanctity of their little white bed, and Jewelle Gomez's bulldagger society survives far from the haunts of men. There are coming-out stories, stories about cross-dressing, vampire tales, science fiction, parody, and romance. |
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... beautiful like a saint , like the picturesqueness of a lonely tree which lives to shelter unnumbered lives and to stand quietly in its place . There was such rustic homeliness and con- stancy belonging to her , such beautiful powers of ...
... beautiful like a saint , like the picturesqueness of a lonely tree which lives to shelter unnumbered lives and to stand quietly in its place . There was such rustic homeliness and con- stancy belonging to her , such beautiful powers of ...
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... beautiful could ever happen in that room , and for her I felt contempt , a little tolerance , a very little pity . A dull , grey light hovered over everything ; it seemed to accentuate the thin tawdriness of her clothes , the squalor of ...
... beautiful could ever happen in that room , and for her I felt contempt , a little tolerance , a very little pity . A dull , grey light hovered over everything ; it seemed to accentuate the thin tawdriness of her clothes , the squalor of ...
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... beautiful baby , looking exactly like a yellow flower ( so her mother tells us ) . She was so extraordinarily beautiful , Lydia had nothing so sweet , so spiced ; greatness , wealth 31 THE WISE SAPPHO.
... beautiful baby , looking exactly like a yellow flower ( so her mother tells us ) . She was so extraordinarily beautiful , Lydia had nothing so sweet , so spiced ; greatness , wealth 31 THE WISE SAPPHO.
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SARAH ORNE JEWETT Marthas Lady 1897 I | 1 |
RENÉE VIVIEN Prince Charming 1904 translated | 20 |
The Wise Sappho c 191618 | 26 |
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