Two classic Victorian entertainments that celebrate the language of love--The Alter of Venus concerns a gentleman, introduced to the joys of desires at a tender age, who commits himself to a sensual expedition that will last the rest of his life; and, Maid and Mistress recounts the journey of a reckless young man visiting a country house who discovers, through the pretty young maid-in-waiting, the sexual life beneath the social propriety, and avails himself to the aloof mistress of the manor.
- ISBN10 0786704497
- ISBN13 9780786704491
- Publish Date 1 May 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 July 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 504
- Language English