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The inutility of virtue : a tale of lust and licentiousness, exemplified in the history of a young and beautiful lady modest and virtuous, who, by a series of unfortunate circumstances, is first ravished by a robber, then becomes successively the victim of lust and sensuality : till overpowered by debauchery, her passions become predominant her mind remaining pure, while her body is contaminated : the whole richly and beautifully narrated, showing the triumphs of vice and the degredation of virtue.

Title
The inutility of virtue : a tale of lust and licentiousness, exemplified in the history of a young and beautiful lady modest and virtuous, who, by a series of unfortunate circumstances, is first ravished by a robber, then becomes successively the victim of lust and sensuality : till overpowered by debauchery, her passions become predominant her mind remaining pure, while her body is contaminated : the whole richly and beautifully narrated, showing the triumphs of vice and the degredation of virtue.
Publication
London : [publisher not identified], [1880]

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Description
1 online resource (114 pages).
Series Statement
Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century
Uniform Title
Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century.
Subject
  • Rape > Fiction
  • Defloration > Fiction
  • Erotic stories, English
Note
  • Printed abroad.
  • "Printed for the Society of Vice."
  • Reproduction of the originals from British Library.
OCLC
  • 1113901157
  • AHSI003673
Title
The inutility of virtue : a tale of lust and licentiousness, exemplified in the history of a young and beautiful lady modest and virtuous, who, by a series of unfortunate circumstances, is first ravished by a robber, then becomes successively the victim of lust and sensuality : till overpowered by debauchery, her passions become predominant her mind remaining pure, while her body is contaminated : the whole richly and beautifully narrated, showing the triumphs of vice and the degredation of virtue.
Publisher
London : [publisher not identified], [1880]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century
Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century.
Local Note
From the collection of Hans H. Pinkus (1891-1977).
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