Read A Gentleman's Secret ~ The third novelette from "Different Desire", a Gay Victorian Romance and Erotic novelette collection for Free Online Page A

collection. Vol. II.
     
    ~ Lust and Lace ~
a Victorian Romance and Erotic short story collection. Vol. I.
     
    ~ Secrets and Seduction ~
    a Victorian Romance and Erotic short story collection. Vol. III.
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    ~ About this story ~
 
    I will admit that the general idea behind “A Gentleman’s Secret” which inspired me to write this novelette was the classic romance theme between characters from different social backgrou nds, like in “Romeo and Juliet ” by William Shakespeare. The story was also rather influenced by “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens as well as the more modern novel “Dora Damage” by Belinda Starling.
    In February I spent one day in London, armed with a notebook and my camera, looking for inspiration and walked around in Hyde Park and Kensington. (If you like to you can see the pictures at my website.) When I saw the white terraced houses at Holland Park Avenue, I started to wonder how easy it would be to climb the ivy that covered some of the houses, and then that was when the story was born.
    I did some research about the story, including spending an entire Sunday researching the developing of London’s plumbing system and hot water during the 19th century, Kenyan spears and shields, and the use and prescription of the opium-based laudanum (which was used for almost everything during those days).
     
    I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I liked writing it!
 

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