Love in the Time of Victoria: Sexuality and Desire Among Working-Class Men and Women in 19th Century London
There has been a great deal written on the secret longings and sexual hypocrisy of the Victorian era's upper crust, but almost nothing has chronicled the erotic desires and sexuality of London's working class. Now, in this painstakingly researched book, their touching and emotional stories can be...
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There has been a great deal written on the secret longings and sexual hypocrisy of the Victorian era's upper crust, but almost nothing has chronicled the erotic desires and sexuality of London's working class. Now, in this painstakingly researched book, their touching and emotional stories can be told.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140173260 (0140173269)
Publish date: December 1st 1992
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
After an exhaustive study of the meticulous records of London's Foundling Hospital, Barret-Ducrocq wrote a book about how Victorians viewed sex and its afteraffects.
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