Here Donoghue considers the literature that addresses sexual activity between women. In contrast to some claims, there are a number of home-grown English texts in this period that address non-penetrative sexual activities between women, and during the 18th century there seems to have been a regular dialog between French and English writing in this vein, with works in one language rapidly appearing in translation in the other.
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (John Cleland)
18th century English novel in which one woman sexually initiates another to prepare her for work as a (heterosexual) prostitute.
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