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 197
... called it , to rights . " I do of all things delight in hauling good people's opinions out of their musty drawers , and seeing how they look when they're all pulled to pieces before their faces ! Pray , are those Lady Anne's drawers or ...
... called it , to rights . " I do of all things delight in hauling good people's opinions out of their musty drawers , and seeing how they look when they're all pulled to pieces before their faces ! Pray , are those Lady Anne's drawers or ...
Page 357
... called herself Carmilla ? " asked the General , still agitated . " Carmilla , yes , " I answered . " Aye , " he said ; " that is Millarca . That is the same person who long ago was called Mircalla , Countess Karnstein . Depart from this ...
... called herself Carmilla ? " asked the General , still agitated . " Carmilla , yes , " I answered . " Aye , " he said ; " that is Millarca . That is the same person who long ago was called Mircalla , Countess Karnstein . Depart from this ...
Page 585
... called me names in Spanish then he called me queer and slugged me . first I thought the ceiling had fallen down but there was the counterman making a ham sandwich , and there was I spread out on his counter . For God's sake I said when ...
... called me names in Spanish then he called me queer and slugged me . first I thought the ceiling had fallen down but there was the counterman making a ham sandwich , and there was I spread out on his counter . For God's sake I said when ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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