Ermyntrude and Esmeralda
(Book)
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Published
New York : Stein and Day, [©1969].
Format
Book
ISBN
0812812654, 9780812812657
Physical Desc
75 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Providence Public - Level G Fiction | Fic Strachey | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Stein and Day, [©1969].
Language
English
ISBN
0812812654, 9780812812657
Notes
General Note
"A naughty novella"--Dust jacket cover.
General Note
"Jacket drawing based on a design by Aubrey Beardley"--Dust jacket flap.
Citation/References
Edmonds, M. Lytton Strachey,,A14c
Description
Ermyntrude and Esmeralda was written as an exchange of correspondence between two teenage girls who have pledged themselves to find out all they can about sex, love, and making babies. Their reported discoveries include a passionate love affair between Esmeralda's younger brother and his male tutor ("Will they have babies? If not, why not?"); Ermyntrude's affair with a handsome footman on a staircase; the attempted seduction of Ermyntrude by her governess. By using nursery terms for private parts of the anatomy (bow-wows and pussy cats will never sound the same), Strachey makes all the more ludicrous society's standard reaction of horror to sex and deviation. Wit, irony, exaggeration, melodrama, these were Lytton Strachey's methods in this recently discovered and never before published novella.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Strachey, L., Beardsley, A., Erté., & Holroyd, M. (1969). Ermyntrude and Esmeralda . Stein and Day.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lytton Strachey et al.. 1969. Ermyntrude and Esmeralda. Stein and Day.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lytton Strachey et al.. Ermyntrude and Esmeralda Stein and Day, 1969.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Strachey, Lytton, Aubrey Beardsley, Erté, and Michael Holroyd. Ermyntrude and Esmeralda Stein and Day, 1969.
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