Love in the Time of Victoria
Subtitle: Sexuality and Desire Among Working-Class Men and Women in 19th Century London
Contributors: John Howe (Translator)
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: December 1, 1992
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780140173260
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Ethical issues & debates; Social groups & communities; Social history; Sociology; History - General History; England; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / Great Britain
First sentence: There was once a society which is still held above all others to be the paradigm of sexual hypocrisy.