The Songs of Bilitis choosing and assembling building materials

choosing and assembling building materials

and charcoal

" — Carl Sagan

books on victorian eras

Reprint of the Bridgman Publishers

The Songs of Bilitis choosing and assembling building materialsThese passionate verses were published in Paris in 1894 as the lost works of a disciple of Sappho. Between their open celebration of lesbian love and the eventual revelation of their true authorshipthe verses actually were written by French novelist and poet Pierre Lousthey became a succs de scandale. Although debunked as a work of antiquity, The Songs of Bilitis remains a classic of erotic literature. More than 160 sensual illustrations by the famed