Dickens wished the publishers in England would allow more, well, freedom to explore like the French…

…rself, though she is the United Kingdom’s second-longest reigning monarch after Queen Elizabeth II. They don’t think about Charles Dickens, the second-greatest figure of that time who began writing the year before Victoria’s coronation and was a literary superstar for the next three decades (and well beyond). The first thing that comes to mind for the vast majority is sex, or rather the lack of it; we all k…
What We Know About Sex in the Victorian Age Is Absolutely Wrong
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May 23, 2021
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Dickens wished the publishers in England would allow more, well, freedom to explore like the French writers he knew and read. Can you imagine what Dickens could do for Madame Bovary? Lol.
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This “trophy husband” writes fiction, poetry, narrative non-fiction, travel essays, music essays, book reviews, and essays about his belly button.
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