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1.0 von 5 Sternen Of historical value but not for the average reader, 30. Mai 2000

Von	Charlene Vickers (Winnipeg, Manitoba) - Alle meine Rezensionen ansehen (REAL NAME)

This book is not about sexual expression among consenting adults. It's a deeply disturbing, even repellent, narrative which describes rape, child molestation, bestiality, and other forms of sexual violence in detail.

I gave this book a low rating because I think the general reader would not enjoy reading it. I do, however, recommend it as a historical text. It reminds us that even the most genteel, refined society has its dark edge. As such, it is an important book, especially for students of psychology, criminology, and Victorian history.

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1.0 von 5 Sternen Rape and Sexual Abuse of Children, 14. M�rz 2000

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This books documents with tireless obsession the ceaseless sex life of a Victorian man. Whether fact or fiction, it is a fascinating and often titillating psychological study. But I suspect that the fond recollections other reviewers have expressed for this book refer to expurgated versions. The Kincaid version shows the author in an abominable light. The protagonist is an upper-class sociopath who treats women and girls as sexual playthings without the slightest indication of a human conscience. When not visiting prostitutes, he is generally preying on servant girls, and when he cannot bribe them he simply rapes them. He recounts in step-by-step detail his rape of a ten-year old girl, revelling in his fascination with the act. By way of apology, the editor, a distinguished professor of English at USC, comments that "...we ought to remain aware that such terms [as rape and sexual harrassment] would not be altogether meaningful then." The terms may have changed, but the nineteenth century is not so far in the past that rape and child sexual abuse are anything other than that. This is a revolting book.

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3.0 von 5 Sternen interesting as a sexual history, 20. M�rz 2000

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Valuable as a medical study for teachers, doctors and students of sexuality and sexual pathology, but contains objectioable material as a work of erotica.

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5.0 von 5 Sternen Victorian Erotica At It's Best
I first found and read this book as an adolescent and wow what a find. Victorian England below the the surface was anything but proper if we are to believe this... Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 24. Februar 2000 ver�ffentlicht

4.0 von 5 Sternen A Bit of Socio Sexual History
This is an authentic account of a life devoted to and obsessed with sex, diarized over 40 years. Somehow this book seems to have gotten into the hands of adolescents over... Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 5. Juli 1999 ver�ffentlicht

4.0 von 5 Sternen This book brought me to my own Age of Enlightenment
A leatherbound edition came into my hands when I was thirteen - and I was in rural Philippines. (I now live in Australia. Lesen Sie weiter...