The Victorian Guide to Sex

Desire and deviance in the 19th century

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 19th Century, British
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Author: Fern Riddell ISBN: 9781473837270
Publisher: Pen and Sword Publication: May 31, 2014
Imprint: Pen and Sword Social History Language: English
Author: Fern Riddell
ISBN: 9781473837270
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Publication: May 31, 2014
Imprint: Pen and Sword Social History
Language: English

An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. The Victorian Guide to Sex will reveal advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered.

Reproducing original advertisements and letters, with extracts taken from memoirs, legal cases, newspaper advice columns, and collections held in the Museum of London and the British Museum, this book lifts the veil from historical sexual attitudes.

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An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. The Victorian Guide to Sex will reveal advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered.

Reproducing original advertisements and letters, with extracts taken from memoirs, legal cases, newspaper advice columns, and collections held in the Museum of London and the British Museum, this book lifts the veil from historical sexual attitudes.

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