On Queer Street: Social History of British Homosexuality, by Hugh David

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E v e n in his s u m m i n g - u p , M r J u s t i c e W i l l s effectively y o k e d t o g e t h e r these p o t e n t i m a g e s o f an u n h e a l t h y c o u p l i n g o f the beau monde a n d the demi-monde: T h e sums t o o w h i c h a p p e a r e d o n the [ S a v o y H o t e l ] bill are h i g h for s u c h a supper. I k n o w n o t h i n g a b o u t the S a v o y , b u t I m u s t say that in m y v i e w ' C h i c k e n a n d salad for t w o , 1 6 shillings', is v e r y h i g h . I a m afraid I shall n e v e r h a v e s u p p e r there myself.

The Psychopathology of Everyday 1 9 0 4 ; Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality Life f o l l o w e d in in 1 9 0 5 . M a r i e S t o p e s ' s p i o n e e r i n g a d v o c a c y o f c o n t r a c e p t i o n a n d the idea o f family p l a n n i n g b e g a n in 1 9 1 6 w i t h the p u b l i c a t i o n o f h e r b o o k Married Love. More insidiously, little m o r e than ten years later M a r g u e r i t e R a d c l y f f e - H a l l ' s n o v e l Adam's Breed w o n the F e m i n a V i e H e u r e u s e prize; h e r b e t t e r - k n o w n story, The Well of Loneliness, first a p p e a r e d in 1 9 2 8 .

T h e v a r i e t y o f d e v e l o p m e n t s are endless, a n d it so h a p p e n e d that [ D i c k i e ] u n d e r s t o o d the situation perfectly. I f H a l l insisted, h e w o u l d n o t k i c k u p a r o w , b u t h e h a d rather not: h e felt l i k e that a b o u t it. ' I ' m a b o v e , ' p a n t e d M a u r i c e , n o t daring. ' I n the attic o v e r this — i f y o u w a n t a n y t h i n g — all n i g h t a l o n e . I a l w a y s a m . ' D i c k i e ' s i m p u l s e w a s to b o l t the d o o r after h i m , b u t h e dismissed it as unsoldierly, a n d a w o k e t o the ringing o f the breakfast b e l l , w i t h the sun o n his face a n d his m i n d w a s h e d c l e a n .

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