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Postal pleasures

Thomas, Katie-Louise.

Postal pleasures sex, scandal, and Victorian letters / [electronic resource] : Kate Thomas. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (xii, 251 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

With readings of novels by Thomas Hardy, Anthony Trollope, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, Henry James, and others, this work explores the relationship between illicit sex and the postal service in Victorian Britain.

9780199918461 (ebook) : No price


Letter writing--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Postal service--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Scandals--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Letter writing recreations.
Homosexuality--History--Great Britain--19th century.

PR915 / .T37 2012

820.9355