LESBIANA

47. CONSIDER HER WAYS by John Wyndham, one of three novelettes collected under the title "Sometime, never" published by Ballantine Books, 1956-57.

A delightful story of the future world in which all men have died off due to rat poison. The society is based on a four part setup. First the hierarchy, then the amazons (the workers), then servitors, and finally the mothers of this all female race. One of the most delightful stories of feminine superiority ever written. A happy, well-integrated group of Lesbians. This is classed as science fiction but is really a feminist story.

48. DAWN BREAKS THE HEART by William Davey, Howell Soskin and Col, 1941.

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The protagonist, Philip, is followed from boyhood to late 30s. He marries a very cold and very brilliant artist, a Lesbian, who taunts him constantly about her leanings. Her past life is told in retrospect. She seduces the wife of a friend of Philip and he denounces them both. She leaves her husband in the end but her ultimate fate is not revealed. Very unsympathetic but not badly written.

THE AUNT'S STORY by Patrick White, Viking Press, 1948.

A highly symbolic story of the disintegration of a sensitive spinster in her 30s. There are many episodes of a variant nature. The wo man ends by going entirely mad from her frustrations and inhibitions. Excellent writing.

50. CITY OF WOMEN by Nancy Morgan, Fawcett, 1952.

A fairly well written story of a group of women living in Hawaii in wartime. There are a large number of Lesbian women involved but the plot is generally heterosexual. The author is not as harsh on Lesbian behavior as many others have been.

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