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A Victorian-era narrative following Susan Aked, a sheltered young woman whose tranquil life is shattered by the sudden deaths of her parents. Her cousin Lucia arrives to comfort her, and the story explores Susan's emotional awakening and the lessons Lucia imparts during their time together.
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What this book knows
Sexual awakening is narrated as a curriculum: innocence is not lost but systematically educated into embodied knowledge and appetite.
education-and-formation
'You don't mean to pretend that you have lived so long without knowing that there are most marked differences between a man and a woman?' She placed her hand in my lap.
STSA-RC-009'All one has to do is to prevent the tadpoles from getting into our womb, and that can be easily done by means of a piece of sponge.'
STSA-RC-037embodiment
She put herself and me into various attitudes and admired, as indeed did I, all that the faithful glass reflected.
STSA-RC-019One vast pleasure seemed to embrace me on every side. I was all on fire, and suddenly, with almost a pang of voluptuousness, I spent.
STSA-RC-016desire
I could see at once that it was an exact representation, though I had never seen the real object of which I had the portrait before me. I felt…
STSA-RC-048Oh, let the day soon come when, instead of a girl's finger, this glorious prick might invade my longing cunt.
STSA-RC-049Illuminates
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