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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... answered " No. " He then asked her whether she knew where a letter would reach her at present . " I cannot tell , " she answered , ambiguously , “ but I have been thinking of leaving you ; you have been already too hospitable and too ...
... answered " No. " He then asked her whether she knew where a letter would reach her at present . " I cannot tell , " she answered , ambiguously , “ but I have been thinking of leaving you ; you have been already too hospitable and too ...
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... answered , smoothing my hair caressingly over my eyes . " Does the doctor think me very ill ? " " No , dear ; he thinks , if right steps are taken , you will be quite well again , at least on the high road to a complete recovery , in a ...
... answered , smoothing my hair caressingly over my eyes . " Does the doctor think me very ill ? " " No , dear ; he thinks , if right steps are taken , you will be quite well again , at least on the high road to a complete recovery , in a ...
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... answered the General . " I confess , General , you puzzle me utterly , " replied my father , looking at him , I fancied , for a moment with a return of the suspicion I detected before . But although there was anger and detestation , at ...
... answered the General . " I confess , General , you puzzle me utterly , " replied my father , looking at him , I fancied , for a moment with a return of the suspicion I detected before . But although there was anger and detestation , at ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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