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3 unusual facts about The Sins of the Cities of the Plain


The Mysteries of Verbena House

The Mysteries of Verbena House, or, Miss Bellasis Birched for Thieving is a pornographic novel of flagellation erotica set in a girls' school, written under the pseudonym Etonensis by George Augustus Sala and completed by James Campbell Reddie (co-author of The Sins of the Cities of the Plain).

The Sins of the Cities of the Plain

It was first published in 1881 by William Lazenby who printed 250 copies; a further edition was produced by Leonard Smithers in 1902.

Later on Jack spends the night at Boulton and Park's rooms in Eaton Square and the next day has breakfast with them "all dressed as ladies".



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