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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... young . She asserted that she never had any inclination for a young man , and that she had felt , from year to year , an increasing dislike for young men . " I preferred to go into the society of ladies with ugly , ill - favoured men ...
... young . She asserted that she never had any inclination for a young man , and that she had felt , from year to year , an increasing dislike for young men . " I preferred to go into the society of ladies with ugly , ill - favoured men ...
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... young lady , and I think it must , here am I , here are my file , my punch , my nippers ; I will make it round and blunt , if her ladyship pleases ; no longer the tooth of a fish , but of a beautiful young lady as she is . Hey ? Is the ...
... young lady , and I think it must , here am I , here are my file , my punch , my nippers ; I will make it round and blunt , if her ladyship pleases ; no longer the tooth of a fish , but of a beautiful young lady as she is . Hey ? Is the ...
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... young lady , who appeared to be in great distress , to make out where she could find the General Baron Spiels- dorf and the young lady , his daughter , in whose charge she had been left by her mother . " There could be no doubt ...
... young lady , who appeared to be in great distress , to make out where she could find the General Baron Spiels- dorf and the young lady , his daughter , in whose charge she had been left by her mother . " There could be no doubt ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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