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 214
... course not . " " But she did not come to meet you , Edward , although she knew you had landed . " " Of course not , also . " " I do not understand you two . " " And of course not , a third time , " said Edward , looking down at me with ...
... course not . " " But she did not come to meet you , Edward , although she knew you had landed . " " Of course not , also . " " I do not understand you two . " " And of course not , a third time , " said Edward , looking down at me with ...
Page 276
... course was my great advantage . I looked like a rather untidy young man , a sort of undergraduate , of about nineteen . It was marvellous fun , all the more so because there was always the risk of being found out . Of course it was easy ...
... course was my great advantage . I looked like a rather untidy young man , a sort of undergraduate , of about nineteen . It was marvellous fun , all the more so because there was always the risk of being found out . Of course it was easy ...
Page 521
... course but not before I found a maid . She told me to wait and a minute later came out with the distinguished pale green one ; Here's your maid , she said . " A very poor girl . " Anyway a month and a half later she became my maid . I ...
... course but not before I found a maid . She told me to wait and a minute later came out with the distinguished pale green one ; Here's your maid , she said . " A very poor girl . " Anyway a month and a half later she became my maid . I ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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