The Pearl Author:Blue Moon Books The Pearl was a monthly journal that first appeared in July 1879 in London. Catering to every erotic taste, it flourished until December 1880, when it vanished as mysteriously as it had appeared. Here are all eighteen issues of The Pearl, featuring six serialized novels - including Lady Pokingham and La Rose d'Amour: The Adventures of a Gentlema... more »n in Search of Pleasure. - lewd short stories, scandalous gossip of the day, letters from lusty readers, and licentious and naughty jokes.« less