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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... waiting and looking , and calling for you ; sometimes I shut my eyes , and shut my heart towards you , and try hard to forget you because you grieve me so , but you'll never go away , Oh you never will - say , Susie , promise me again ...
... waiting and looking , and calling for you ; sometimes I shut my eyes , and shut my heart towards you , and try hard to forget you because you grieve me so , but you'll never go away , Oh you never will - say , Susie , promise me again ...
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... waiting for me , in her car and in the middle of the bridge , I'm frightened , I said . I'm afraid , he said , stay with me , please don't go , stay with me , be my witness- " No , " I said , " I'll be your witness - later , " and I ...
... waiting for me , in her car and in the middle of the bridge , I'm frightened , I said . I'm afraid , he said , stay with me , please don't go , stay with me , be my witness- " No , " I said , " I'll be your witness - later , " and I ...
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... waiting for the summer's end . Waiting to look into Joyce's round - like - an - olive face and see it , full of tears , too . It was the first time for both of them . And Cecilia thought , so this is love . Later , she met Joyce who ...
... waiting for the summer's end . Waiting to look into Joyce's round - like - an - olive face and see it , full of tears , too . It was the first time for both of them . And Cecilia thought , so this is love . Later , she met Joyce who ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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