The Case of the 5 Virgin: The True Story of a Victorian Scandal by Gavin Weightman

The Case of the 5 Virgin: The True Story of a Victorian Scandal

Gavin Weightman

180 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history true crime medium-paced

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In 1885, W. T. Stead published an account of a girl of thirteen being sold by her mother to a brothel where her virginity would be highly prized. The story of the GBP5 virgin was a sensation, one of the greatest scandals of the Victorian era. But ...

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