Gunning for you: Frank Harris 'My Life and Loves' (1922)

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English - March 16, 2023 04:00 - 26 minutes - 12.6 MB
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Written by an old man reflecting on his life in sex, this notorious memoir was banned almost everywhere.

It’s nice to know I’m not the imagined reader of this book – wrong gender, wrong gonadsHarris thinks pandering to girl readers stripped English literature of its earthy Shakespearean soulHis curious yoking together of philosophy and porn isn’t always successful

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Frank Harris, ‘My Life and Loves, Volume One’ (1922)

Frank Harris

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