Infamous commerce : prostitution in eighteenth-century British literature and culture

✍ Scribed by Rosenthal, Laura J. (Laura Jean), 1960-

Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Category: Library

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