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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... father had words about some maple sugar which Rufus made on his Vermont farm and sold to father , who made a good trade for it to some people in Boston . That was father's business . He had once kept a store , but had given it up , and ...
... father had words about some maple sugar which Rufus made on his Vermont farm and sold to father , who made a good trade for it to some people in Boston . That was father's business . He had once kept a store , but had given it up , and ...
Page 375
... father good - bye , crying , while Rufus was getting their trunk downstairs , but Ru- fus did not go near father nor me . He ate no breakfast ; his very back looked ugly when he went out of the yard . That very day about seven in the ...
... father good - bye , crying , while Rufus was getting their trunk downstairs , but Ru- fus did not go near father nor me . He ate no breakfast ; his very back looked ugly when he went out of the yard . That very day about seven in the ...
Page 378
... Father - father is murdered in his bed ! " I said . There was a scream , and Maria Woods's face disappeared from over Phoebe Dole's shoulder - she had fainted . I do not know whether Phoebe looked paler - she is always very pale - but I ...
... Father - father is murdered in his bed ! " I said . There was a scream , and Maria Woods's face disappeared from over Phoebe Dole's shoulder - she had fainted . I do not know whether Phoebe looked paler - she is always very pale - but I ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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