Checklist: A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians.
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Checklist: A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians.
Fiction -- Bibliography; Paraphilias in literature -- Bibliography
FORTUNE, DION. (pseud. of Violet B. Firth). _Moon Magic._ London,
Aquarian Press, 1958, fco. Fascinating, funny novel of a modern
sorceress and an inhibited, bad-tempered doctor. It is implied
that his marriage failed because his wife, a hysteric shamming
invalidism, prefers being cosseted by her faithful companion to
reassuming marital duties.
FOSTER, GERALD. _Strange Marriage._ N. Y., Godwin 1943.
Transvestite, rather than lesbian; heroine in man’s clothing
actually marries a fantastically naive girl.
FOWLER, ELLEN T. _The Farringdons._ N. Y., Appleton, 1900. Three
intense variant attachments by a motherless girl under twenty,
which subside when she falls in love with a man.
FRANKEN, ROSE. _Intimate Story._ Doubleday, 1955. A novel by the
author of the popular Claudia series.
+ FREDERICS, DIANA. (pseud); _Diana, a Strange Autobiography._
Dial 1939, pbr Berkley Books 1955, 1957, 1958. Well known story of
a young musician/teacher’s discovery and slow acceptance and
adjustment to her lesbian personality.
FRANK, WALDO. _The Dark Mother._ N. Y., Boni & Liveright, 1920, (m).
A too-possessive mother ruins her son’s life.
FRIEDMAN, STUART. _Nikki._ Monarch Books, 1960, scv.
_The Revolt of Jill Braddock._ Monarch Books 1960. scv. Male and
female homosexuality in a ballet company, with Jill in the middle.
“Not as bad as _Nikki_, but still a pretty raw evening waster.”
GARLAND, RODNEY. _The Heart in Exile._ Coward McCann 1954, pbr
Lion 1956, (m). Because of courageous approach to the basic problem
of relations between the homosexual and his family, this story of
a young homosexual in an unconventional household deserves
shelfspace everywhere.
GARNETT, DAVID. _A Shot in the Dark._ Little, Brown 1959, pbr tct
_The Ways of Desire_. Popular Library 1960. Complex, fast-moving
adventure story, involving a great number of lesbians.
GARRETT, ZENA. _The House in the Mulberry Tree._ Random House,
1959 Sensitive story of a girl of eleven, fascinated by an
innocently appealing neighbor, a married woman. The mother,
observing innocent caresses between the two, separates them.
+ GARRIGUE, JEAN. “The Other One” ss in _Cross Section_, ed. by E.
Seaver, Simon & Schuster, 1947.
GAUTIER, THÉOPHILE. _Mademoiselle de Maupin._ Many editions,
including Modern Library, n. d. also pbr Pyramid Books 1956, 1957,
1958. Classic novel of lesbianism.
GENET, JEAN. _The Maids._ Grove Press qpb 1954. Offbeat
existentialist drama; involuted love among women.
GEORGIE, LEYLA. _The Establishment of Madame Antonia._ Liveright,
1932. Light entertainment about inhabitants of a high-class
European bordello, including a young recruit protected by an older
woman.
GIDE, ANDRÉ. _The School for Wives._ N. Y., Knopf, 1950
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Checklist: A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. — John Shaqi
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