All about the Benson family and the complexities of sexuality and gender identity in Victorian England.
I’m going to chalk one of the children growing up to be an Egyptologist as a total (but neat) coincidence.
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[i]“Did you possess me, or I you, my Heart’s Beloved, as we sat there together on Thursday and Friday—as we held each other close, as we kissed.” Another letter to the same woman closed with equal rapture: “My true lover, my true love, see, I am your true lover, your true love.”
[/i]What beautiful, romantic nonsense :) Some truly great stuff in this article! Especially the ‘lamenting’ of divides between heterosexual and homosexual. That sort of ambiguity is definitely FL-esque.
edited by absinthey on 2/11/2017
edited by absinthey on 2/11/2017
Excellent article, thanks for sharing!