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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... Abby rose meekly and followed Sarah into the kitchen with a sort of weak stateliness . She had always had a queenly way of walking . If Abby Vane should fall a victim to consumption some day , no one could say that she had brought it ...
... Abby rose meekly and followed Sarah into the kitchen with a sort of weak stateliness . She had always had a queenly way of walking . If Abby Vane should fall a victim to consumption some day , no one could say that she had brought it ...
Page 83
... Abby was coughing distressingly up amongst the green boughs . " Don't give up to that ticklin ' in your throat , for pity's sake , Abby , " she called out . Abby's laugh floated back in answer , like a brave song , from the tree ...
... Abby was coughing distressingly up amongst the green boughs . " Don't give up to that ticklin ' in your throat , for pity's sake , Abby , " she called out . Abby's laugh floated back in answer , like a brave song , from the tree ...
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... 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 front room ...
... 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 front room ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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