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Gender

The war on sex

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July–August 2013, no. 353

Fanny and Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England by Neil McKenna

Allen & Unwin, $27.99 pb, 417 pp, 9780571302444

Gender

The war on sex

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July–August 2013, no. 353

The trial of Frederick Park and Ernest Boulton in 1870 might have been designed for the media to whip up public outrage in a familiar mix of moral disapproval and prurient detail. As Neil McKenna’s Fanny and Stella reveals, this was indeed the intention of the British government of the day.

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Paul Morgan

Paul Morgan is a Melbourne-based novelist, writer, and editor. He is the author of The Pelagius Book (2005) and Turner’s Paintbox (2007); his short stories have appeared in many journals and collections; and for many years he ran the poetry imprint Domain Press. He was also Deputy Director of SANE Australia, the national mental health charity.

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