The Cremorne was a pornographic magazine published by William Lazenby in London in 1882 (but falsely backdated to 1851).[1] The title alludes to Cremorne Gardens which had by that time become a haunt of prostitutes. The magazine was a sequel to The Pearl.[2] The Cremorne folded in 1882.[2]

The story "The Secret Life of Linda Brent" is an obscene parody of "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", by Harriet Jacobs writing under the pseudonym of Linda Brent. It is in the same vein as "My Grandmother's Tale", previously published in The Pearl.

References

  1. ^ Rachel Potter, "Obscene Modernism and the Trade in Salacious Books", Modernism/modernity, Volume 16, Number 1, January 2009, pp.87-104 doi:10.1353/mod.0.0065
  2. ^ a b Laurel Brake; Marysa Demoor, eds. (2009). Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. London: Academia Press. p. 351. ISBN 978-90-382-1340-8.

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