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Thomasina
172 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1988
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P.N. Dedeaux
9 books7 followersP.N. Dedeaux is Geoffrey Atheling Wagner (1927-2006), an English born American translator and writer of novels, essays and criticism.
He was born in the UK before becoming a US citizen. He lived most of his life in New York and was a Professor of English there. His PhD was gained at Columbia University where he taught. He also taught at University of Rochester and NYU as well as at the City College of New York.
Wagner was married to the figurative artist Colleen Browning, whom he met in Ischia and quickly married in the US (1949). She died in 2003 at the age of 85, Geoffrey dying a few years later. He was a good friend of John Glassco, who is known for his magnificent The English Governess.
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He was born in the UK before becoming a US citizen. He lived most of his life in New York and was a Professor of English there. His PhD was gained at Columbia University where he taught. He also taught at University of Rochester and NYU as well as at the City College of New York.
Wagner was married to the figurative artist Colleen Browning, whom he met in Ischia and quickly married in the US (1949). She died in 2003 at the age of 85, Geoffrey dying a few years later. He was a good friend of John Glassco, who is known for his magnificent The English Governess.
biblio here https://cpbiblio.wordpress.com/p-n-de...
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July 18, 2017
Originally published in 1970 under the title The Tutor: Being the Reminiscences of Thomasina Wragg, this book concerns the upbringing of of the titular female who is adopted into the wealthy home of the Ushers, who had employed her mother, at the age of 13. There she is subjected to what seems like near constant corporal punishment, sometimes due to her needed correction, but mostly due to the pleasure of the sadist doing the correcting at the time. She becomes romantically involved with Reggie, son of the neighboring Lady Mildmount, who 'corrects' her son in the same way and soon comes to appreciate punishing Thomasina, or Tommy, as she's come to be called.
The Ushers bring in a tutor, Mr. Pelham, a rigid taskmaster who is an expert in the laying on of cane and birching rod, who went to school with the Ushers. And once he arrives, no bottom will be spared, including that of Lady Usher.
Dedeaux was a master of this type of erotica, and this may well be his finest work. If you are a cp enthusiast, this one belongs in your library.
The Ushers bring in a tutor, Mr. Pelham, a rigid taskmaster who is an expert in the laying on of cane and birching rod, who went to school with the Ushers. And once he arrives, no bottom will be spared, including that of Lady Usher.
Dedeaux was a master of this type of erotica, and this may well be his finest work. If you are a cp enthusiast, this one belongs in your library.
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