The Penguin book of infidelities

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The Penguin book of infidelities

edited by Stephen Brook

Viking, 1994

1st ed

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Book of infidelities

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [368]-372) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

There is one aspect of life that has not yet received the accolade of anthology: extra marital sex, illicit sex, sex for hire. The attraction of this theme is that the literary material, whether fictional or poetic or in the form of memories, is so rich. Covering such subjects as prostitution, mistresses and courtesans and gay love, this book includes sources such as Jean Rhys, Colette, Flaubert and Frank Harris.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Celebrated infidelities: the Caesars to Byron
  • celebrated infidelities: Lord Melbourne to Cecil Parkinson
  • an interlude of gossip
  • passion, fashion and morals. Part 2 Craving
  • deception
  • seduction
  • the spouse's shadow
  • sex: real and imagined
  • love
  • learning the truth
  • the sense of betrayal
  • after the affair
  • indelible constancy.

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