Cover of City of Dreadful Delight

City of Dreadful Delight

narratives of sexual danger in late-Victorian London

by Judith R. Walkowitz

1992 353 pages eng

Amazon's Description From tabloid exposes of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London. Expertly blending social history and cultural criticism, Judith Walkowitz shows how these narratives reveal the complex dramas of …

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