{"product_id":"the-victim-of-lust-locus-elm-press-9781535163071","title":"The Victim of Lust: or; Scenes in the Life of Rosa Fielding","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the retired widower of 50, Mr Bonham, espies the young and nubile shop-girl and farmer's daughter, Rosa, he immediately proposes to establish her in the best of finishing schools in London with the intention of making her his wife in 12 months. And should the lustful gentleman take liberties with the sweet and innocent girl prior to their marriage then so be it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFearing that her father will make a fool of himself, and fearing even more the future state of her sizable inheritance as a result, Eliza Bonham concocts a plan to reveal Rosa to be the wantonly money-grabbing whore that one of her low standing are naturally predisposed to being.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith the help of the rakish, roguish, and betrothed, Captain Alfred Torrant, Eliza puts him to task in taking any necessary measures to ensure Rosa's reputation is tarnished or her body spoiled with illegitimate child before her wedding day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat follows is a dangerous liaison par excellence, revealing all the debaucheries of the day performed by the lowly classes and the upper echelons of Victorian England, from anally naive farm girls to lascivious lords and ladies, slandered ministers and grateful prostitutes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWill Rosa stay her course or will she succumb to the vices of those intent on her downfall?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis wickedly entertaining work of Victorian Erotica is a prime example of its time, written anonymously in 1867 and originally published by the notorious William Dugdale in the same year, \u003ci\u003eThe Victim of Lust, or, Scenes in the Life of Rosa Fielding\u003c\/i\u003e, will be sure to delight and titillate fans of the genre in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Locus Elm Press, Anonymous\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1535163070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781535163071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Locus Elm Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44067248832767,"sku":"9781535163071","price":13.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_271f6eae-3798-472d-9f63-d0135bd9a4f8.jpg?v=1685412093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-victim-of-lust-locus-elm-press-9781535163071","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}