
About this episode
In an extra rude episode, meet 19th-century England's most prolific and energetic smut collector.
Henry Spencer Ashbee.
Listener discretion is advised - Those Victorians could be spicy!
- Just how much X-rated material could one gentleman collect?
- Who were his famous friends?
- Did he go blind?
- Was he the mysterious author of erotic classic "My Secret Life"?
- Was Victorian morality really so 'moral'?
It's a furtive delve beneath the crinolines of Victorian society featuring erotic literature, erotic art, general erotica and lots of very rare books.
For open minded bibliophiles everywhere
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