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Love in the Time of Victoria : Sexuality and Desire among Working-Class Men and Women in 19th Century London by Francoise Barret-Ducrocq (1992, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140173269
ISBN-139780140173260
eBay Product ID (ePID)78725
Product Key Features
Book TitleLove in the Time of Victoria : Sexuality and Desire among Working-Class Men and Women in 19th Century London
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1992
TopicModern / 19th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General, Customs & Traditions, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality)
IllustratorYes
FeaturesReprint
GenreSocial Science, Psychology, History
TypeTextbook
AuthorFrancoise Barret-Ducrocq
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight7.4 Oz
Item Length7.2 in
Item Width4.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Edition DescriptionReprint
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. LABOURING CLASSES, DEPRAVED CLASSES The Setting A Vast Hothouse of Sexual Immorality The signs of immorality Use of the Streets / Places of Amusement / Living Conditions: One-Room Dwellings and Sexual Licence Characters in the family drama The Head of the Family / Children / Young People / Women The Natural History of Transgressions Profligacy The Reign of the Impure / Animality 2. THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL 3. LOVE AND MARRIAGE 'My vile seducer has been the cause of four other young women's ruin Casual Loves and Impossible Romances 'Female servants are far from being a virtuous class' 'Nice life this, for a girl of three and twenty, my Kerristian friends' 'Home, sweet home' Temptations and Precautions 'As I was going to Chelsea one day, I met with a pretty girl on the way...' Courtship Parents and Family / Friends and Workmates / Employers / A Very Discreet Courtship / 'There Was No Courtship or Promise of Marriage' 'Where they went to I never heard say...but when she returned, Mrs. Gray said she'd very much rumpl'd her muslin...' Sex before Marriage / Promises of Marriage: 'He promised me marriage, they all do' / Love Nests, Love Traps / The Question of Consent Words of love 'Now lost to all, her friends, her virtue fled...' 'He promised to marry her soon, but soon he forgot all about her...' Posting Banns / Living in Sin: 'Before everything went wrong' / Abortion Attempts / 'I told him at which he seemed frightened' / 'He said he would see me through my trouble' Seduced and abandoned Family and friends 'No Sir, Missus don't permit no followers' Rules of Sexual Morality EPILOGUE Notes Bibliography
SynopsisUsing firsthand documents uncovered in the archives of a London foundling hospital, Barret-Ducrocq offers a marvelously acute census of Victorian sexual and moral attitudes.
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