{"product_id":"9781848705548","title":"The Pearl: Three Erotic Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wordsworth Erotica Collection includes some of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe finest Victorian and Edwardian examples of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout this book:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pearl\u003c\/em\u003e was an extraordinary subterranean magazine that had a brief life of eighteen months in the years 1879 and 1880.  It was devoted to unrestrained erotica, comprising astonishing sexual escapades, jokes and bawdy rhymes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains three of the novellas which were serialised in \u003cem\u003eThe Pearl\u003c\/em\u003e.  \u003cem\u003eLady Pokingham\u003c\/em\u003e; or They All Do It, Sub-Umbra; or Sport Among the She-Noodles and \u003cem\u003eLa Rose d’Amour\u003c\/em\u003e;  or The Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of Pleasure are all classics of the genre, and throw a gaudy  light on the clandestine concerns of one section of Victorian society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wordsworth Editions, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182788460784,"sku":"9781848705548","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781848705548_p0.jpg?v=1763750632","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781848705548","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}