Review: 'Rustication' by Charles Palliser a feverish, Gothic tale

... violence that any good Victorian lady would faint dead away. These notes - heavy on rape, castration and challenging yoga positions - are the garnish sprinkled throughout Richard's journal of what happened during four winter weeks in 1863. By ...

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