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The Collector's Edition of Victorian Lesbian Erotica (Paperback)

by Brooke Stern (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 608 pages
  • Publisher: Magic Carpet Books; 1st Magic Carpet Books Ed edition (4 April 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0975533193
  • ISBN-13: 978-0975533192
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 488,472 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This book offers a treasure trove of lesbian erotica from the masters of the steamy page-turner. The Victorians were unrivalled creators of written pornography with an unquenchable fascination for lesbianism. Stern's collection showcases the very best of a varied canon. The Victorian era offers an untapped wellspring of lesbian erotica. Victorian erotica writers treated lesbians with voracious curiosity and tender affection, penning reams of stories involving lesbian encounters of every variety. From the superhot page-turner to the scholarly disquisition on the nature of lesbianism, it's all here - the aristocrat; the streetwalker; the seasoned seductress; the maid and the mistress; the nun; and the innocent naif. Faux journalism finds a place next to fictional travelogue; romantic fiction is given room next to out-and-out porn and vice-ridden debauch. The lesbian erotica of the Victorian era defies stereotype and offers rich portraits of a sexuality driven underground by repressive mores - what it all shares, though, is the unrivalled sense of fun, mischief and sexiness that characterised the 19th century writer of erotic fiction.

This title includes: "The Pretty Women of Paris"; "My Lustful Adventures"; "Two Flappers in Paris"; "The Convents a la Mode"; "The Merry Order of St Bridget"; and "Astrid Cane".

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not convinced, 12 Jun 2006
By C. L. James (uk) - See all my reviews
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I have read this collection of stories and I was not sufficiently convinced that the stories are genuinely from the Victorian period,or from Victorian authors.The collection seems to be more of a smutty collection of modern day sex dialogue aimed at satisfying male fantasies about lesbian sex.The authors have written from a male point of view, and the stories seem nothing more than supposition about what females do in the privacy of their own rooms. The language and terminology seem to be too contemporary to have been penned in the Victorian era, and this suspicion spoiled my enjoyment of the book. The editing had not picked up some very blatant errors in spelling and language, and some of the stories have been edited so badly that they are disjointed and do not make sense. All in all - a great disappointment which I would not recommend to any of my friends!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Tongue in cheek, 3 Mar 2009
The reviewer above is so right - it is a very badly put together book full of typos and errors, and also about the spurrious pedigrees of the writers and their writings. That said, if you can read this with your tongue firmly in your cheek - and preferably aloud to a lover/friend and over a good bottle of wine - you will be much amused, though just not sexually. I wouldn't buy it new, get it secondhand if you can. It's truly terrible, but that wonderful kind of kitsch terrible...which might make it worth it for some.
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