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Unspeakable Unspeakable A Life beyond Sexual Morality Rachel Hope Cleves The University of Chicago Chicago and London The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2020 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more information, contact the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637. Published 2020 Printed in the United States of America 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 1 2 3 4 5 ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 73353- 1 (cloth) ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 73367- 8 (e- book) DOI: https:// doi .org /10 .7208 /chicago /9780226733678 .001 .0001 library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Names: Cleves, Rachel Hope, 1975– author. Title: Unspeakable : a life beyond sexual morality / Rachel Hope Cleves. Description: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccn 2020020769 | isbn 9780226733531 (cloth) | isbn 9780226733678 (ebook) Subjects: lcsh: Douglas, Norman, 1868–1952. | Authors, English— Biography. | Sodomy—England. Classification: lcc pr6007.o88 z598 2020 | ddc 823/.912—dc23 lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020769 ♾ This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48- 1992 (Permanence of Paper). To my children, Eli and Maya, who’ve listened to their mother talk way more about Norman Douglas than they would have liked. Let ’em write what they like, my dear— let ’em, let ’em. Norman Douglas You couldn’t write a life of him without bringing up some awful episodes; but as he constantly brought them up himself the biographer can hardly be blamed. Neil Hogg There are still those who ask occasionally: Who is this fellow Douglas? Phillips Temple Contents Introduction 1 Part I George Norman Douglass 1 Crocodiles 17 2 Lizards 35 3 Annetta and Michele 48 4 Elsa 59 5 Capri 75 Reflection I 85 Part II Norman Douglas 6 Norman Douglas 91 7 London Street Games 103 8 Keeping Faith 117 9 Alone 126 10 Together 137 Reflection II 149
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