A Night in a Moorish Harem

A Night in a Moorish HaremA Night in a Moorish Harem (1896) is a Victorian erotic novella. Published under the pseudonym Lord George Herbert, the novella has proved both popular and controversial as the subject of several obscenity trials. Noted for its orientalist tropes, the novella remains relevant to scholars of postcolonial literature and Victorian culture. My first duty was to kiss the fair hands which had aided me, and then I explained the accident which had brought me

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