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 78
... kind of a hitch when he walks , you know ; an ' Mis ' Addison White always carries a parasol , an ' I can tell her . I can see somethin ' bobbin ' overhead , an ' I know who ' tis . " " Queer , ain't it , how she always carries that ...
... kind of a hitch when he walks , you know ; an ' Mis ' Addison White always carries a parasol , an ' I can tell her . I can see somethin ' bobbin ' overhead , an ' I know who ' tis . " " Queer , ain't it , how she always carries that ...
Page 79
... kind of hard , but ' tain't the kind of cough that kills folks . Why , I cough myself half the time . ” Sarah hacked a little as she spoke . " Old Mis ' Vane died of consumption , didn't she ? " " Consumption ! Jest about as much ...
... kind of hard , but ' tain't the kind of cough that kills folks . Why , I cough myself half the time . ” Sarah hacked a little as she spoke . " Old Mis ' Vane died of consumption , didn't she ? " " Consumption ! Jest about as much ...
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... kind from the bosom of a man , that the married women there set up a great titter ; and tho ' it did not bring the Doctor's sex into an absolute suspicion , yet caused some whispers , which might have spoiled the match with a less ...
... kind from the bosom of a man , that the married women there set up a great titter ; and tho ' it did not bring the Doctor's sex into an absolute suspicion , yet caused some whispers , which might have spoiled the match with a less ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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