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The Collector's Edition of Victorian Lesbian Erotica Paperback – March 1, 2006

by Dr. Major LaCaritilie (Editor)
3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
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The Victorian era offers an untapped wellspring of lesbian erotica. Indeed, Victorian erotica writers treated lesbians and bisexual women with voracious curiosity and tender affection. As far as written treasuries of vice and perversion go, the Victorian era has no equal. These stories delve into the world of the aristocrat and the streetwalker, the seasoned seductress and the innocent naïf. Represented in this anthology are a variety of genres, from romantic fiction to faux journalism and travelogue, as well as styles and tones resembling everything from steamy page-turners to scholarly exposition. What all these works share, however, is the sense of fun, mischief and sexiness that characterized Victorian lesbian erotica. The lesbian erotica of the Victorian era defies stereotype and offers rich portraits of a sexuality driven underground by repressive mores. As Oscar Wilde claimed, the only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
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  1. Print length
    590 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Magic Carpet Books
  4. Publication date
    March 1, 2006
  5. Dimensions
    5 x 1.5 x 7.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0975533193
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0975533192
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Magic Carpet Books (March 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 590 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0975533193
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0975533192
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1.5 x 7.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings

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3.5 out of 5 stars
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michael dean
5.0 out of 5 stars So good
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2014
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This should be a audio book . I have 15 friends who can't see. This would help them in between lovers
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Ava
1.0 out of 5 stars The first letters of each word begining each paragraph is ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2017
The first letters of each word begining each paragraph is missing. Did not try to read the sample I received - too distracted.
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Rudolf Spoerer
5.0 out of 5 stars The hottest short erotica stories of lesbian lust at its best
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2006
For those readers that love lesbian erotica and want to vicariously experience the naughtiness then this certainly is a great book ....

The essence of Victorian erotica has always been 'no holds barred' as far as sexual encounters were concerned and the elements of pursuit, capture and ultimate sweet sumission make them the best of the erotica genre. Also, as in this book, many of the greatest stories were written by that famous author 'Anonymous' ... HMMMM

The first story in this book, 'Caroline', we have our young innocent heroine going off to a girls boarding school with the daughter of a family friend. Although she may have come from a repressed household it certainly didn't take Caroline long to teach haer what she really really liked.

The sencond story, 'Susy', probably one of the shortest in the book a young waif of a grl is taken into the household of a wealthy lady of society where we find that expectations of grooming her in the world of sapphic love were not really that necessary.

This book has 16 short stories and weighs in at a whopping 590 pages..... and .. because it is an antholgy of great Victorian erotica the reader may find some stories 'interesting' while others are so hot they will cerrainly 'rock your boat' .....
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Chine Sade
3.0 out of 5 stars Antology without writers' names
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2007
I just bought the book "The Collector's Edition of Victorian Lesbian Erotica" and "The Collector's Edition of Victorian Lesbian Erotica" from Amazon. I find there's some question in edition of the two books. As anthologies, the books include many novels, but they do not have bibliography and I can not firnd authors' names of these novels,we even want to know more about these authors' information. Anyway, the books should indicate which novles are full and others are excerpts(we should know the excerpt from which chapter of the original novel ).I have no idea of them. So I am not very satisfactory of the two books.
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A. Zulli
2.0 out of 5 stars Fairly enjoyable but of questionable origin
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2008
I seriously question the validity of these stories as real Victorian writing. As another reviewer mentioned, there are no background and bibliographic references whatsoever. I would at least expect approximate dates and publishers of the original texts.

My guess is that they were written by a man familiar with Victorian erotica, but some time after the era ended. One clue is that one story describes the woman as a "lesbian," a word which didn't come into popular use until well after the Victorian era. Sexologists began using it in 1889, but it is really doubtful that a writer of common porn would be aware of the most recently published scientific writing.

On the other hand, the stories are entertaining as some ridiculous little pieces of erotica.
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Wood Wren
1.0 out of 5 stars A very bad joke.
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2008
Surely this book is a joke; a very bad joke. I am quite familiar with Victorian Literature and am quite familiar with so called lesbian tales of sex and I am quite familiar with the differences in the way women and men write each. This was written by a man, have no doubt! The Pseudo Victorian style was probably put together in the late 1960s or 1970s when such books seemed to be all the craze. As has been pointed out, there is the problem of incest and rape involved in some of the stories. This is a normal "guy thing." I have no doubt that a local yokel frat boy would love this sort of thing, and to be honest, that is just who it was written for. Do not waste your money on this one, nor your time trying to read it. Neither is worth it. A person could take a copy of The Pearl, switch a few words around, and come up with something better than this...what ever it may be. I do not recommend this one and really rather resent the publisher trying to pass this one off as Victorian Lesbian Literature....it is far from it.
9 people found this helpful
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secretgemini
1.0 out of 5 stars Must Have Been John Austin
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2006
This is the first book I have ever purchased on Amazon that I had to return. It seemed to have been written by a man, there was not one scene that did not include some type of phallus. I am a fan of Victorian tales and classic from writers like Jane Austin, this book seemed to be written by someone from modern times trying to speak with the syntax and semantics of Victorian times. I would not recommend this collection to anyone who likes sensual and sexual play between women. There were some scenes with incest and rape. I did not get very far in this book, about the first 5 stories, in an attempt to find something worth my time. I returned the book the very next day after receiving it in the mail.

Take a look at it in a book store before you purchase it to varify my words.
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Philip Deboo
5.0 out of 5 stars well recommended.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2015
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very rude, very naughty, those naughty Victorians! well recommended.
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Herbert
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 23, 2015
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