My dears, if you are not following the exquisitely writ diary of the incomparable Madame C- on Dreamwidth, you are missing out.
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the_comfortable_courtesan began as a series of drabbles by oursin for Three Weeks for Dreamwidth 2015, and those of us who were captivated by her - exploits is too crude a word - expertly managed intrigues* were ecstatic when her narrator decided to continue to share her story, which began thus:
* including the aversion of the terrible pitfall that might have resulted from an "epistolary mathematickal flirtation" by one of her friends.
This entry is not cross-posted to Livejournal.
the_comfortable_courtesan began as a series of drabbles by oursin for Three Weeks for Dreamwidth 2015, and those of us who were captivated by her - exploits is too crude a word - expertly managed intrigues* were ecstatic when her narrator decided to continue to share her story, which began thus:I shall not say how, and why, at the age of 15 I became the mistress of the Earl of Craven, because I never had the kind of opportunities that Harriet Wilson wasted. However, at the age of 27 I fell in with a wealthy Northern ironmaster, whose generosity and sound financial advice have ensured me a comfortable old age without the need for blackmail, indeed with the ability to support a number of charitable enterprises for the benefit of some less fortunate sisters in the trade. This narrative sets out to encourage a rational and prudent approach to the profession of harlotry and to dispel the notion that a 'fallen woman' is bound to die in the gutter, penniless and diseased, before her 30th year.
* including the aversion of the terrible pitfall that might have resulted from an "epistolary mathematickal flirtation" by one of her friends.
This entry is not cross-posted to Livejournal.
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