IN FOLLOWING THE STORY OF THE AFFAIR BETWEEN JUSTINE AND
CLEA.
THERE ARE COUNTLESS RETELLINGS OF MANY HOMOSEXUAL AND LESBIAN SEQUENCES. FOR THE SERIOUS READER.
LONDON,
149. THE NIGHT OF THE HIGH IND BY JOANNA CATLOW. HUTCHINSON, 1960. (AVAILABLE THROUGH VILLAGE THEATRE CENTER, 116 CHRISTOPHER ST., NEW YORK 14, NEW YORK.)
HEAVILY PLOTTED, TYPICALLY ENGLISH NOVEL ABOUT THE CRUEL DECEPTION A YOUNG GIRL PLAYS ON A NICE LESBIAN. CHRISTABEL, IN ORDER TO HELP HER YOUNGER SISTER, NINA, PRETENDS TO BE IN LOVE WITH MARGOT--JUST LONG ENOUGH TO WRECK EVERYONE'S LIFE. THE LESBIAN, MARGOT, IS WELL DRAWN IN A MANNER REMINISCENT OF STEPHEN GORDON IN THE ELL OF LONEL INESS. RECOMMENDED.
150. SHE CAME TO STAY BY SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, WORLD PRESS, CLEVELAND, 1954.
EXISTENTIALIST NOVEL ABOUT A TRIANGLE.
PIERRE AND FRANCOISE
ARE LOVERS, BUT FRANCOISE HAS A STRONG LESBIAN BIAS. SHE BECOMES ENAMORED OF XAVIERE AND INVITES HER TO LIVE WITH HER. THE RESULTING ENTANGLEMENT ENDS WITH THE MURDER OF XAVIERE. NEVER LAPSING INTO THE LURID OR THE SENSATIONAL, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE MANY POSSIBLE LOVES WITH COMPASSION AND EXACTNESS. BY THE AUTHOR OF THE SECOND SEX. HIGHLY LIBRARIES WILL HAVE THIS.
RECOMMENDED.
151. OF SHAME AND JOY BY SHELDON LORD. TOWER PUBLICATIONS, 509 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK. #29. $.35.
POORLY WRITTEN AND SLIGHTLY SORDID IN SPOTS, BUT VERY UPBEAT TALE OF MADELAINE CARR AND HER LOVE FOR SHEILA PAINE. SHEILA IS A REPRESSED LESBIAN WHO FIGHTS HER FEELINGS THROUGH A KIND OF HARRASSED NYMPHOMANIA. MADELAINE FIGHTS TO WIN HER FROM HER UNHAPPY LIFE AND THE GIRLS END UP TOGETHER WITH A FAIRLY GOOD CHANCE OF A HAPPY FUTURE LIFE. WORTH THE PRICE.
152. HAVELOCK ELLIS: THE SAGE OF SEX BY ARTHUR CALDER-MARSHALL, NEW YORK, PUTNAM CO., 1960.
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