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63 relations: A Room in Chelsea Square, Berkley Books, Bram Stoker, Camp (style), Carmilla, Charles Dickens, Clermont (novel), Cleveland Street scandal, Corfu, Detective fiction, Dracula, Eliza Parsons, Fin de siècle, Francis King, Francis Lathom, Gay literature, Gay Men's Press, Gerald Kersh, Gillian Freeman, Gothic fiction, Great Depression, Harlan Ellison, Harvard University Press, Horror fiction, HuffPost, Jane Austen, Lambda Literary Foundation, Lord Dismiss Us, Matthew Lewis (writer), Michael McDowell (author), Michael Nelson (novelist), Michael Talbot (author), Northanger Abbey, Office of Public Sector Information, Oscar Wilde, Out-of-print book, Penny dreadful, Phi Beta Kappa, Poppy Z. Brite, Publishing, Regina Maria Roche, Sensation novel, Sexual Offences Act 1967, Sheridan Le Fanu, Somerset Maugham Award, Stephen King, Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal, The American Scholar (magazine), The Castle of Wolfenbach, The Delicate Dependency, ..., The Independent, The Leather Boys, The Midnight Bell, The Monk, The Mysterious Warning, a German Tale, The Necromancer; or, The Tale of the Black Forest, The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Orphan of the Rhine, The Sins of the Cities of the Plain, Time (magazine), Victorian era, W. W. Norton & Company, Walter Baxter. Expand index (13 more) »
A Room in Chelsea Square
A Room in Chelsea Square is a 1958 British gay novel by Michael Nelson, originally published anonymously due to its homosexual content and "thinly veiled portrayals of prominent London literary figures." It is about a wealthy gentleman who lures an attractive younger man to London with the promise of an upper crust lifestyle.
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Berkley Books
Berkley Books is an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) that began as an independent company in 1955.
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Bram Stoker
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.
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Camp (style)
Camp is an aesthetic style and sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its bad taste and ironic value.
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Carmilla
Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Irish author, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 26 years.
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Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.
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Clermont (novel)
Clermont is a Gothic novel by Regina Maria Roche.
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Cleveland Street scandal
The Cleveland Street scandal occurred in 1889, when a homosexual male brothel in Cleveland Street, London, was discovered by police.
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Corfu
Corfu or Kerkyra (translit,; translit,; Corcyra; Corfù) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea.
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Detective fiction
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder.
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Dracula
Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.
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Eliza Parsons
Eliza Parsons (née Phelp) (1739 – 5 February 1811) was an English Gothic novelist, best known for The Castle of Wolfenbach (1793) and The Mysterious Warning (1796).
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Fin de siècle
Fin de siècle is a French term meaning end of the century, a term which typically encompasses both the meaning of the similar English idiom turn of the century and also makes reference to the closing of one era and onset of another.
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Francis King
Francis Henry King, CBE (4 March 19233 July 2011)Ion Trewin and Jonathan Fryer,, The Guardian, 3 July 2011.
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Francis Lathom
Francis Lathom (14 July 1774 – 19 May 1832) was a British gothic novelist and playwright.
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Gay literature
Gay literature is a collective term for literature produced by or for the LGBT community which involves characters, plot lines, and/or themes portraying male homosexual behavior.
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Gay Men's Press
Gay Men's Press was a publisher of books based in London, United Kingdom.
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Gerald Kersh
Gerald Kersh (1911–1968) was a British and later also American writer of novels and short stories.
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Gillian Freeman
Gillian Freeman (born 5 December 1929) is a British writer.
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Gothic fiction
Gothic fiction, which is largely known by the subgenre of Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature and film that combines fiction and horror, death, and at times romance.
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.
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Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction, and for his outspoken, combative personality.
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Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.
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Horror fiction
Horror is a genre of speculative fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.
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HuffPost
HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that has both localized and international editions.
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Jane Austen
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
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Lambda Literary Foundation
The Lambda Literary Foundation (also referred to as Lambda Literary) is a LGBT literary organization.
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Lord Dismiss Us
Lord Dismiss Us is a 1967 novel by Michael Campbell.
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Matthew Lewis (writer)
Matthew Gregory Lewis (9 July 1775 – 14 or 16 May 1818) was an English novelist and dramatist, often referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his 1796 Gothic novel, The Monk.
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Michael McDowell (author)
Michael McEachern McDowell (June 1, 1950 – December 27, 1999) was an American novelist and screenwriter described by author Stephen King as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today".
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Michael Nelson (novelist)
Michael Nelson (1921-1990) was a British novelist best known for his 1958 gay novel A Room in Chelsea Square, originally published anonymously.
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Michael Talbot (author)
Michael Coleman Talbot (September 29, 1953 – May 27, 1992)"Michael Talbot".
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Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, in 1803.
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Office of Public Sector Information
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.
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Out-of-print book
An out-of-print book is a book that is no longer being published.
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Penny dreadful
Penny dreadfuls were cheap popular serial literature produced during the nineteenth century in the United Kingdom.
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Phi Beta Kappa
The Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ) is the oldest academic honor society in the United States.
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Poppy Z. Brite
Billy Martin (born May 25, 1967), known professionally as Poppy Z. Brite, is an American author.
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Publishing
Publishing is the dissemination of literature, music, or information—the activity of making information available to the general public.
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Regina Maria Roche
Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845) is considered today to be a minor Gothic novelist who wrote in the shadow of Ann Radcliffe.
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Sensation novel
The sensation novel, also sensation fiction, was a literary genre of fiction that achieved peak popularity in Great Britain in the 1860s and 1870s.
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Sexual Offences Act 1967
The Sexual Offences Act 1967 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom (citation 1967 c. 60).
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Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction.
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Somerset Maugham Award
The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each year by the Society of Authors.
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Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy.
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Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal
Teleny, or, The Reverse of the Medal, is a pornographic novel, first published in London in 1893.
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The American Scholar (magazine)
The American Scholar is the quarterly literary magazine of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, established in 1932.
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The Castle of Wolfenbach
The Castle of Wolfenbach (1793) is the most famous novel written by the English Gothic novelist Eliza Parsons.
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The Delicate Dependency
The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life is a 1982 vampire novel by Michael Talbot.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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The Leather Boys
The Leather Boys is a 1964 British drama film about the rocker subculture in London featuring a gay motorcyclist.
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The Midnight Bell
The Midnight Bell is a gothic novel by Francis Lathom.
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The Monk
The Monk: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796.
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The Mysterious Warning, a German Tale
The Mysterious Warning, a German Tale is a novel by the English gothic novelist Eliza Parsons.
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The Necromancer; or, The Tale of the Black Forest
The Necromancer; or, The Tale of the Black Forest is a Gothic novel by Ludwig Flammenberg (which is a pseudonym for Carl Friedrich Kahlert) first published in 1794.
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature
The Norton Anthology of English Literature is an anthology of English literature published by the W. W. Norton & Company.
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The Orphan of the Rhine
The Orphan of the Rhine was a gothic novel by Eleanor Sleath, listed as one of the seven "horrid novels" by Jane Austen in her novel Northanger Abbey.
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The Sins of the Cities of the Plain
The Sins of the Cities of the Plain; or, The Recollections of a Mary-Ann, with Short Essays on Sodomy and Tribadism, by the pseudonymous "Jack Saul", is one of the first exclusively homosexual works of pornographic literature published in English.
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Time (magazine)
Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.
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Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
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W. W. Norton & Company
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Walter Baxter
Walter Baxter (17 May 1915 – 25 July 1994) was an English novelist, best known for writing two controversial novels.
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