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A quick note...
I'm head-down in putting together an exhibit on dime novels for work, but given that it's F/F Friday* I thought I'd point out this little gem** of a dime novel that has been scanned and is available online from Northern Illinois University.
Cloudwood, or, The daughter of the wilderness, published in 1871.
Why am I pointing it out? Because it's been cataloged by NIU and amongst the various subject terms is the enigmatic "Lesbians--Fiction." A quick scan of the last couple of pages reveals that there is cross-dressing, but does not shed any light on what f/f content there may be. I don't have time to read it, but figured one of you might. Or might not.
BTW, if you're into reading trashy, melodramatic fiction of the 19th and early 20th centuries online, here's three institutions that have scanned large portions of their collections and uploaded them for you to read:
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*A weekly day proposed by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rachelmanija some time back in which people read f/f stories and review them.
** For "period-typical sexism, racism, and melodramatic prose" meanings of "gem," that is.
Cloudwood, or, The daughter of the wilderness, published in 1871.
Why am I pointing it out? Because it's been cataloged by NIU and amongst the various subject terms is the enigmatic "Lesbians--Fiction." A quick scan of the last couple of pages reveals that there is cross-dressing, but does not shed any light on what f/f content there may be. I don't have time to read it, but figured one of you might. Or might not.
BTW, if you're into reading trashy, melodramatic fiction of the 19th and early 20th centuries online, here's three institutions that have scanned large portions of their collections and uploaded them for you to read:
- University of South Florida Libraries Special Collections. Dime Novel Collection Online
https://digital.lib.usf.edu//dimenovels - Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University: The Albert Johannsen and Edward T. LeBlanc Collections
https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/ - Villanova University Digital Library: Dime Novel and Popular Literature
https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:24093
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*A weekly day proposed by
rachelmanija some time back in which people read f/f stories and review them.** For "period-typical sexism, racism, and melodramatic prose" meanings of "gem," that is.
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Thanks for the links. Let me know if you spot any more lesbians.
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/44982181 if you (or anyone) has JSTOR access.
The person addressed as Gus Giles was a young man of twenty-five or there abouts; and he was dressed in the very tip-
top height of fashion. In fact, a casual observer would put him down as a dude at first sight.
Gus Giles was tall and thin, with a beardless feminine face, and light blue eyes.
But he was not a dude by any means. He sported a cane, but that cane could be converted into a fearful weapon at times. His hands were long and thin, yet it was surprising with what effect Gus could deliver a blow with those almost milk-white 'maulies.'
His legs appeared to be spindles when encased in his tight-fitting pants, yet very few of the professional runners could cover a mile on the race-track in better time than Gus Giles.
Gus was a private detective, and he was one of the very ablest in the country in his own line.
His very particular friends called him Gay Gus, the lady detective.
(Allan Arnold, The Broken Blackthorn , 1 883