Love in the Time of Victoria - Sexuality, Class and Gender in Nineteenth-Century London

`Vice and wretchedness exist in their most appalling and hideous forms, stalking about with bold front, unblushingly, as though vice were virtue.'

About the author

Françoise Barret-Ducrocq holds a doctoral d'Etat in British history and cultural studies, and is a Professeur Emeritus at Paris-Diderot University.

Summary

`Vice and wretchedness exist in their most appalling and hideous forms, stalking about with bold front, unblushingly, as though vice were virtue.’

Product details

• Authors: Francoise Barret-Ducrocq, Françoise Barret-Ducrocq
• Assisted by: John Howe (Translation), Howe John (Translation)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.08.1991
• EAN: 9781786637284
• ISBN: 978-1-78663-728-4
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; London, Greater London, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Women, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women and girls