Victorian Britain has
 long been viewed as a tightly buttoned society in sexual matters. In 
fact, female prostitution, or the Great Social Evil as contemporaries 
called it, was endemic and the persistence of the phenomenon infuriated 
anti-vice campaigners, while perplexing social reformers. Trevor 
Fisher's meticulous study of Victorian prostitution presents numerous 
fascinating extracts from newspapers, journals, diaries and letters to 
show how prostitutes viewed themselves and how they were regarded by 
others. It gives an invaluable insight into one of the darker aspects of
 Victorian life and helps us to understand why prostitution became such a
 'problem' in Victorian Britain and examines how far the campaigners got
 in their aim to abolish the oldest profession altogether. Prostitution and the Victorians
 shows us too that many of the issues and arguments that occupied 
serious Victorians never have gone away and are as relevant today as 
they were 100 and more years ago.

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