My Life and Loves

He always reminds me of Henry Miller. I expect both of them to be short - it's hard to understand their behaviour otherwise. Checks that, and yes, little men who had to find ways to make themselves look bigger. Sexual conquest it is, then. But whereas Miller hated women and had to make it all literary, Harris was content with a straightforward enthusiastically pornographic approach in the Victorian tradition.

I can only assume it was all in their dreams. It's impossible to imagine anybody wanting to shag either of them...

He always reminds me of Henry Miller. I expect both of them to be short - it's hard to understand their behaviour otherwise. Checks that, and yes, little men who had to find ways to make themselves look bigger. Sexual conquest it is, then. But whereas Miller hated women and had to make it all literary, Harris was content with a straightforward enthusiastically pornographic approach in the Victorian tradition.

I can only assume it was all in their dreams. It's impossible to imagine anybody wanting to shag either of them...

He always reminds me of Henry Miller. I expect both of them to be short - it's hard to understand their behaviour otherwise. Checks that, and yes, little men who had to find ways to make themselves look bigger. Sexual conquest it is, then. But whereas Miller hated women and had to make it all literary, Harris was content with a straightforward enthusiastically pornographic approach in the Victorian tradition.

I can only assume it was all in their dreams. It's impossible to imagine anybody wanting to shag either of them...

Even if it is exaggerated, as some said, it’s an interesting examination of Victorian mores with some wild adventure thrown in. Enjoyed it but I’d like to see an unbiased account of his exploits from another source.

Frank Harris fell into journalism, and after succeeding in creating the cheap and sensational English newspaper of the 1890's+, decided to share his memories. Some of them are quite sensational, and he did try to be quite frank about the practical effects of middle class Victorian sexual practices. It is an informative account, which I seem to have read twice.

את הכרך הראשון קראתי בעברית את היתר קראתי באנגלית כשיצא כספר כיס והמשכתי לקרוא בו במשך השנים. בתחילה הדהים אותי בטיפול החופשי והסקסיסטי שלו במין ובמיוחד בספר שאיננו ספר מין פר אקסלנס