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Do you long for sustained, bewildering,
climatic romance that keeps you chained to your chaise lounge? Oooh,
pass the chocolates please.
What is Victorian Swoon? Immensely popular during the era, it provided
an imaginative escape for working class readers (and secret lady
readers) into the fantasia of unlikely romance with mysterious
gentlemen. Known in England as penny romance, and in US as dime store
fiction, it continued throughout the decades, revamping itself into
higher forms of sophistication. Often distained, paperback romance is
still a jackpot winner for authors, though today's heroes are unlikely
to ravish us in the parlour. (sigh!)
What is Victorian Erotica? Read by connoisseurs of theatrical seduction,
19th century erotica plays heartily on teasings and temptations, and
includes all preferred forms of stimulation. The ladies are plump and
lustrous, with every fold of the flesh being a delight. Gentlemen most
often recline in luxurious settings, savouring imported brandy and
cigars, while the show proceeds in a flurry of femininity. As a
variation, couples live out rhapsodic episodes from the privacy of their
boudoir.
In both Swoon and Erotica, the essentials of a story are important, as
the writer cannot rely on modern explicit language and fast sex to
satisfy readers who are reaching into the unrestrained subconscious. The
flames of passion tend to intensify. Mystery, thriller, fantasy and even
horror can be spooned into the plot. Swoon is pure era romance with
extended preludes and interludes.
Nothing needs to be socially correct in Victorian writing, as characters
are freely allowed to perform as themselves. They may be scoundrels, but
they are not required to reform at the end of the chapter. Submissive
females do not automatically rise up to give us a perfect ending.
Poverty is not always rewarded. Rich, lewd lords are just that. Whatever
occurred in natural, daily life will happen again with no softening or
reason.
The first 10 issues of my Victorian Swoon (flash fiction) collection:
1.Discovered! 2.The Allusions Of Belle 3.Brutal Love 4.A Lamp For The
Grocer's Boy 5.Fondly, I remember 6.Wretched Days At Sea Rogue Cottage
7.See You Next Summer 8.Follies Of Ruin 9.He Cut My Soul 10.Millie's
Lies
Subscribe to 10 weekly email issues for $4.00 (online payments with
PayPal). Each week a new flash will be added. Available soon.
Miss Peach's Parlour (Victorian Erotica) available soon in pdf format.
The expression
"get laid" supposedly has its roots in the "Everleigh"
bordello in 1900's Chicago ("I'm going to get Everleighed
tonight").
In the 18th Century, another
term for anal sex was "navigate the windward passage".
In
17th century Spain, it was illegal for anyone other than a woman's
husband to see her bare feet. A woman could freely expose her
breasts, but feet were considered sexual and had to be covered in
the presence of men other than her husband.
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