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18th century sexuality, Boswell, Dr Johnson, Harlots, Maggie Richell-Davies, Maggie's blog, Pepys, The Servant
If that headline has caught your eye – and you’ve maybe been watching Harlots on the television – you might be interested in Maggie’s blog on this subject on her new website, which was created to coincide with the publication of her debut novel, The Servant, this spring.
https://www.maggiedaviesiswriting.com
It is sad but, sadly no surprise, to learn that from Pepys, to Boswell to Johnson, the leading figures of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries considered female servants existed for their convenience, in more ways than one.
Maggie would have copied her piece here on the ninevoices’ blog, but hasn’t quite mastered the technology involved…
…she would also be more than pleased if you chose to follow her blog. No cost is involved, and any comments on what you’d like her to write about in future would be welcome.