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Fanny and Stella
Fanny and Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England | Neil McKenna
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28th April 1870. Fanny and Stella, the flamboyantly dressed Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton, are causing a stir in the Strand Theatre. All eyes are riveted upon their lascivious oglings of the gentlemen in the stalls. Moments later they are led away by the police. What followed was a scandal that shocked and titillated Victorian England in equal measure. It turned out that the alluring Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton were no ordinary young women. Far from it. In fact, 'Boulton and Park' were young men who liked to dress as women. When the Metropolitan Police launched a secret campaign to bring about their downfall, they were arrested and subjected to a sensational show trial in Westminster Hall. As the trial of 'the Young Men in Women's Clothes' unfolded, Fanny and Stella's extraordinary lives as wives and daughters, actresses and whores were revealed to an incredulous public. With a cast of peers, politicians and prostitutes, drag queens, doctors and detectives, Fanny and Stella is a Victorian peepshow, exposing the startling underbelly of nineteenth-century London. By turns tragic and comic, meticulously researched and dazzlingly written, Fanny and Stella is an enthralling tour-de-force.
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kaysworld1
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Throughout all of just I haven't posted anything about pride month which is shocking for me, I haven't done it because I don't need a month to celebrate who and what I am but I understand the need for pride for others so I'm going to #pride bomb you all with some of my favourite #LGBTQ book's
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LauraBrook
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An interesting look at the trial and lives of two famous and infamous “He-She ladies” in the 1870s. It‘s well-researched, and is full of details and old-fashioned vocabulary, but something about the book as a whole feels a little hollow to me. I‘d still recommend it, especially as I‘m not aware of another book with the same subject matter (barring Oscar Wilde, of course). 3.5 stars. Book 1 done for the #readathon

Readerann That does look interesting. Way to go on finishing your first book! 5y
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LauraBrook
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Well so far I have read 0 pages. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I have, however, fed the birds, had 3 cups of coffee, made and ate breakfast, fed the cat and cleaned the litter box, talked to my mom, put clean dishes away, taken the garbage out, and written a long letter to a friend. What is wrong with me!?!?!
I‘m finally laying down with Chico on my legs, and am about to dig into this book. I‘ve been on pg 28 for a week. #notthebooksfault #readathon

TheBookgeekFrau Some days are like that 😣 5y
hgrimes Wow! I‘ve barely gotten out of bed. It‘s clearly time for you to settle down for the day! 5y
Readerann Well, at least you‘ve had a productive, if not bookish day so far! Hope you and Chico can settle in for a while now. 😀📚😻 5y
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LauraBrook @C.Perone So true! I mean, I‘m glad to get some things done, but not on a readathon day. 5y
LauraBrook @hgrimes @Readerann Chico sleeping on me has been very helpful - 100 pages in just under an hour! Taking a quick break to catch up a bit (and take a disco nap, sshhh). 5y
TheBookgeekFrau @LauraBrook Hopefully now you can read without distraction 😊 5y
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kaysworld1
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This is a good book but it's slow going I've been on it about 2 weeks now and not even half way, might have to take a break then come back to it. 😄📚

what do you do when the book is good but slow going?
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kaysworld1
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Currently reading this very interesting and amazing book.
Fanny and Stella by Neil Mckenna:
The young men who shocked Victorian England.
April 1870: fanny and Stella where two young men who liked to dress as woman: Fredrick Park and Earnest Boulton. They where arrested and subjected to a sensational show trial in Westminster hall.

suvata Sounds interesting 6y
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