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Katherine
Nineteen and naive, upper-class Victorian lass Katherine is driven into marriage to escape the boorish pawings of her guardian. But her new in-laws have some surprising plans for her -- a series of erotic episodes that cover every imaginable location on land and sea.
- GenresErotica
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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February 27, 2025
There are a number of main characters in the novel Katherine. There is a married couple, Thomas and Amanda Beresford, along with their children Sidney, Sophia, and Margaret. There is another married couple, Eric and Daphne Beresford. Eric is Thomas’s brother. There is the married couple Vivian (male) and Constance Manners, their daughter Felicity, and their ward (since age 15) Katherine, the title character. Finally, there are Sir Lancing Lancelot, his wife (never mentioned), and their daughter Anne. Sidney marries Katherine, now older. All of this is presented in the first 30 pages. Ancillary characters appear throughout the book.
The 22 chapters of Katherine describe the interactions of the members of each generation as well as the interactions of the members of one generation with the members of the other. All of the characters form a very friendly society. There are no barriers to intimacy. Marriage is not a restriction on behavior. The parent-child relationship is not limiting. The sibling bond is not a constraint. All of the activities in the book are a celebration of freedom. It is as life should be — an adventure in pleasure, with friends and relatives.
The novel Katherine, one in a collection of books by Patrick Henden, is not great literature. There are no moral lessons within it, although it does contain lessons that can be enjoyable to learn. A good meal can be nourishing but dessert can also be of value. It is the same with books. Although there are a finite number of ways that males and females (or females and females) can unite, the liaisons in the book are never boring.
Whether you are a connoisseur of erotica, particularly that containing consanguinamorous love, or you are an abecedarian, you will enjoy Katherine.
The 22 chapters of Katherine describe the interactions of the members of each generation as well as the interactions of the members of one generation with the members of the other. All of the characters form a very friendly society. There are no barriers to intimacy. Marriage is not a restriction on behavior. The parent-child relationship is not limiting. The sibling bond is not a constraint. All of the activities in the book are a celebration of freedom. It is as life should be — an adventure in pleasure, with friends and relatives.
The novel Katherine, one in a collection of books by Patrick Henden, is not great literature. There are no moral lessons within it, although it does contain lessons that can be enjoyable to learn. A good meal can be nourishing but dessert can also be of value. It is the same with books. Although there are a finite number of ways that males and females (or females and females) can unite, the liaisons in the book are never boring.
Whether you are a connoisseur of erotica, particularly that containing consanguinamorous love, or you are an abecedarian, you will enjoy Katherine.
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