Why read The Victorian Guide to Sex?

Book cover of The Victorian Guide to Sex: Desire and Deviance in the 19th Century

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An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. The Victorian Guide to Sex will reveal advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians…

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1 author picked The Victorian Guide to Sex as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Iwan Rhys Morus

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I think this is just such a fantastic book. It blows away the whole idea that the Victorians were prudes, embarrassed about anything to do with sex. If you really don’t want to know what your great great grandparents got up to in the bedroom, then stay away from this book.

I really like the way Fern Riddell tells her story, too. Each chapter has a different fictional character to take you though the story. I think its really original – and you’ll never think about the Victorians the same way again.

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