Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
Luxury or the Comforts of a Rum-p-ford, Charles Williams: 1801
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By c. 1800, reading by women was viewed as a "dangerous recreation" (by whom)?
Mean wanted women to be simple-minded, not interested in their sexuality (have
times changed)? In the satire "Luxury or the Comforts of a Rum-p-ford" the lady
has discovered that warming her naked butt in front of a Rumford stove is a very
pleasant physical experience, especially after reading sexually suggestive novels
such as the following three. In reality, this is at least a metaphore for the
comforts of masturbation or even the poetry of Sappho?