{"product_id":"barbed-bare-richard-pembroke-9798272961457","title":"Barbed \u0026 Bare: : The Collected Writings of Sebastian Spiteful","description":"Enter the scented ruins of Victorian society with this outrageously satirical anthology, capturing the essays, memoirs, reviews, and unsolicited advice of Sebastian Spiteful: a critic, libertine, and unabashed social saboteur. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpiteful navigates the era's labyrinth of moral hypocrisy with sharp wit, whether lampooning dinner party etiquette, psychoanalysing the Brontës, or mistakenly treating brothels as literary salons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach barbed remark is delivered with theatrical scorn and the swish of a lace-gloved hand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeyond mere mockery, this collection peels back the velvet curtain on Victorian views of sexuality. In a society obsessed with propriety, sex was tucked away behind euphemism and embroidered corsets-simultaneously denied in polite conversation yet feverishly debated in hushed corners and scandalous pamphlets. Spiteful exposes the absurdity and repression that defined the age, highlighting both its rigid moral codes and the flourishing subcultures that rebelled in secret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWitty, brazen, and unapologetically flamboyant, this anthology invites you not simply to read, but to recline upon a velvet chaise of cynicism and contemplate the sighs and subversions beneath the surface of Victorian desire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRelax. Sebastian Spiteful will do all the scandalous sighing for you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis paperback illustrated edition has over 30 Black and White pictures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Pembroke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798272961457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d","brand":"Richard Pembroke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170829246719,"sku":"9798272961457","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/barbed-bare-richard-pembroke-9798272961457","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}