The Lustful Turk

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The Lustful Turk is a British erotic epistolary novel first published anonymously in 1828.

It consists largely of a series of letters written by its heroine, Emily Barlow, to her friend, Sylvia Carey. When the Emily Barlow sails from England for India in June 1814 their ship is attacked by Turks and afterwards they are taken to the harem of a Turkish dey.

For a detailed analysis of the novel see Steven Marcus's The Other Victorians, pp. 195-217.


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