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the pearl a journal of voluptuous reading the underground magazine of victorian england
the pearl a journal of voluptuous reading the underground magazine of victorian england Author:anonamous the pearl made its debut in london in july, 1879, the self-proclaimed journal of unblushing erotica . it flourished on the subterranean market until december, 1880, when it vanished as mysteriously as it had appeared. inclused in the eighteen issues were six serialized novels that are standards of the black literature of the time, as well as the... more » meatiest limericks then current, parodies of robert burns' merry muses, ballads of epic sexual adventures, countless ditties, witticisms, jokes, letters from 'readers', and a potpourri of the scatological and scandalous gossip of the day.« less