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19th Century
Novels or collections of stories set during the 19th century.
The 19th century (January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900) was the century marked by the collapse of the Spanish, First and Second French, Chinese, Holy Roman and Mughal empires. This paved the way for the growing influence of the British Empire, the Russian Empire, the United States, the German Empire, the Second French Colonial Empire and the Empire of Japan, with the British boasting unchallenged dominance after 1815.
The 19th century (January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900) was the century marked by the collapse of the Spanish, First and Second French, Chinese, Holy Roman and Mughal empires. This paved the way for the growing influence of the British Empire, the Russian Empire, the United States, the German Empire, the Second French Colonial Empire and the Empire of Japan, with the British boasting unchallenged dominance after 1815.
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Eugénie se souvient de ce fait divers qui remonte à une trentaine d’années : une prénommée Ernestine aspirait à s’émanciper de son rôle d’épouse en prenant des cours de cuisine auprès de son cousin chef cuisinier, espérant elle-même un jour être derrière les fourneaux d’une brasserie ; son mari, ébranlé dans son rôle dominant, l’avait fait interner à la Salpêtrière. Nombre d’histoires depuis le début du siècle font écho à celle-ci et se racontent dans les cafés parisiens ou les rubriques faits d
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― Le Bal des folles
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By the nineteenth century, society had given up burning witches. Yet the sexual exploitation of children continued. In late-nineteenth-century Britain, for example, men who raped young girls were excused because they did it to cure venereal disease. There was a widely held belief that children would take "poisons" out of the body. In fact, leprosy, venereal disease, depression, and impotence were part of a wide range of maladies believed cured by having sex with the young. An English medical tex
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― Sexual Anorexia: Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred
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