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Contents:

	Prologue: Libertines in London
	1 Rambles through London
	2 Street-Walkers
	3 Brazen Bawds
	4 The Celebrated Courtesans
	5 Public Opinion: The Way with Whores
	6 Stage Strumpets
	7 Libertines and Their Fashions
	8 Mad About the Boy
	9 Quacks, the Pox and the New Sexual Predators
	10 Rape on Trial
	11 Seduction, Abduction and Adultery
	12 Royal Mistresses
	References
	Bibliography
	Acknowledgements
	Photo Acknowledgements
	Index

Description: »Libertine London investigates the sex lives of women from 1680 to 1830, the period known as the long eighteenth century. It uncovers the various experiences of women, whether mistresses, adulteresses or those involved in the sex trade. From renowned courtesans to downtrodden streetwalkers, Julie Peakman examines the multifaceted lives of these women within brothels, on stage and even behind bars.
Based on new research into court transcripts, asylum records, magazines, pamphlets, satires, songs, theatre plays and erotica, we learn of the gruesome treatment of women who were sexually active outside of marriage. Julie Peakman looks at sex from women’s points of view, undercutting the traditional image of the bawdy eighteenth century to expose a more sordid side, of women left distressed, ostracized and vilified for their sexual behaviour.« (Source: Reaktion Books)

Interview: Melcher, Miranda, int. »Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis».« New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work. New Books Network 2024. - Bibliographic Entry: Info

Reviews:
- Schlappa, Elizabeth. Women's Writing (September 11, 2024). - Full Text: Taylor & Francis Online (Restricted Access)

- Mulvey-Roberts, Marie. Women's History Review (November 26, 2024). - Full Text: Taylor & Francis Online (Restricted Access)

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