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Gynecocracy: A Narrative of the Adventures and Psychological Experiences of Julian Robinson is a Victorian pornographic novel in the form of an autobiography by the pseudonymous "Viscount Ladywood", in three volumes, published in 1893. It is one of the first published books on petticoat discipline of unruly boys in
Conduct books or conduct literature is a genre of books that attempt to educate the reader on social norms and ideals. As a genre, they began in either the High Middle Ages or the Late Middle Ages , although antecedents such as The Maxims of Ptahhotep (c. 2350 BCE) are among the earliest surviving works.
Victorian juvenile fiction was normally published in single volumes; for example, while all of G. A. Henty's juvenile fiction was issued from the start in single volume editions, his adult novels such as Dorothy's Double (Chatto and Windus, London, 1894), [19]: 259 Rujub the Juggler (Chatto and Windus, London, 1895), [19]: 238 and The Queen's ...
The company's withdrawn books were offered for sale at £5 for a hundred volumes in 1860. [ 8 ] In the Victorian era, the cost of novels exceeded the means of most middle-class Englishmen, [ 12 ] so popular lending-libraries like Mudie's had a strong influence over the public — and thus over authors and publishers.
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Victorian erotica is a genre of sexual art and literature which emerged in the Victorian era of 19th-century Britain. Victorian erotica emerged as a product of a Victorian sexual culture. [ 1 ] The Victorian era was characterized by paradox of rigid morality and anti-sensualism, but also by an obsession with sex.
The Romance of Lust, or Early Experiences is a Victorian erotic novel written anonymously in four volumes during the years 1873–1876 and published by William Lazenby. Henry Spencer Ashbee discusses this novel in one of his bibliographies of erotic literature. In addition the compilers of British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books list ...
Society and culture of the Victorian era refers to society and culture in the United Kingdom during the Victorian era--that is the 1837-1901 reign of Queen Victoria. The idea of "reform" was a motivating force, as seen in the political activity of religious groups and the newly formed labour unions.