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Sex and Sexuality in Victorian Britain
Details everything you ever wanted to know about sex in Victorian Britain.

Peek beneath the bedsheets of nineteenth-century Britain in this affectionate, informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality during the reign of Queen Victoria. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behavior, and the ways in which these attitudes were often determined by those in positions of power and authority. It also explores our ancestors’ ingenious, surprising, bizarre and often entertaining solutions to the challenges associated with maintaining a healthy sex life.

Did the people in Victorian times live up to their stereotypes when it came to sexual behavior? This book will answer this question, as well as looking at fashion, food, science, art, medicine, magic, literature, love, politics, faith and superstition through a new lens, leaving the reader uplifted and with a new regard for the ingenuity and character of our great-great-grandparents.
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Sex and Sexuality in Victorian Britain
Details everything you ever wanted to know about sex in Victorian Britain.

Peek beneath the bedsheets of nineteenth-century Britain in this affectionate, informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality during the reign of Queen Victoria. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behavior, and the ways in which these attitudes were often determined by those in positions of power and authority. It also explores our ancestors’ ingenious, surprising, bizarre and often entertaining solutions to the challenges associated with maintaining a healthy sex life.

Did the people in Victorian times live up to their stereotypes when it came to sexual behavior? This book will answer this question, as well as looking at fashion, food, science, art, medicine, magic, literature, love, politics, faith and superstition through a new lens, leaving the reader uplifted and with a new regard for the ingenuity and character of our great-great-grandparents.
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Sex and Sexuality in Victorian Britain

Sex and Sexuality in Victorian Britain

by Violet Fenn
Sex and Sexuality in Victorian Britain
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Sex and Sexuality in Victorian Britain

Sex and Sexuality in Victorian Britain

by Violet Fenn

Overview

Details everything you ever wanted to know about sex in Victorian Britain.

Peek beneath the bedsheets of nineteenth-century Britain in this affectionate, informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality during the reign of Queen Victoria. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behavior, and the ways in which these attitudes were often determined by those in positions of power and authority. It also explores our ancestors’ ingenious, surprising, bizarre and often entertaining solutions to the challenges associated with maintaining a healthy sex life.

Did the people in Victorian times live up to their stereotypes when it came to sexual behavior? This book will answer this question, as well as looking at fashion, food, science, art, medicine, magic, literature, love, politics, faith and superstition through a new lens, leaving the reader uplifted and with a new regard for the ingenuity and character of our great-great-grandparents.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526756695
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 07/01/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 191
Sales rank: 752,561
File size: 9 MB

About the Author

VIOLET FENN has always been fascinated by human behaviour. She specialises in frank and straightforward investigations into the wilder areas of sexual practices and the changing cultural attitudes towards sex and mortality. She was once turned down for a job at an undertaker’s for being ‘too interested in death’. She lives in Shropshire with her children, a menagerie of pets and endless beautiful but pointless clutter. She firmly believes that black is the happiest colour and that there is no such thing as too much red lipstick. To find out more, visit sexdeathrocknroll.com

Table of Contents

Introduction x

Chapter 1 Hustle and Bustle 1

Chapter 2 Beddings, Weddings and Bastards 19

Chapter 3 Liberty, Fraternity, Fidelity 30

Chapter 4 Lifting the Lid on Lust 39

Chapter 5 Gentleman's Relish 51

Chapter 6 One Night With Venus, A Lifetime With Mercury 59

Chapter 7 Dark Desires 68

Chapter 8 A Walk on the Wilde Side 87

Chapter 9 Hidden in Plain Sight 100

Postscript 113

Index 116

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