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Of Heaving Bosoms and Breathless Love
Steamy love scenes, complete with body parts flailing, are standard fare in today's movies and popular novels. But one Regency romance novelist says when it comes to amour, Less is More.
Paula Schwartz, who goes by the pen name of Elizabeth Mansfield, specializes in the Regency period. Class distinction was paramount -- and virginity was prized.
That said, "Many a lively girl became a tease and flirted herself into trouble. Many unscrupulous dandies inveigled young women onto the primrose path." And Mansfield writes, "Many girls paid a lifetime price for a brief passionate outing."
Novelists such as Jane Austen described the restraint lovers were forced to impose on their pulse-quickening ardor. Nothing more physical than a kiss was ever put to paper, but the inherent sensuality can still leap from the pages. "If the imagination is the most powerful sex organ, then maybe, in writing about sex, less is more," Mansfield concludes.
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Paula Schwartz, who goes by the pen name of Elizabeth Mansfield, specializes in the Regency period. Class distinction was paramount -- and virginity was prized.
That said, "Many a lively girl became a tease and flirted herself into trouble. Many unscrupulous dandies inveigled young women onto the primrose path." And Mansfield writes, "Many girls paid a lifetime price for a brief passionate outing."
Novelists such as Jane Austen described the restraint lovers were forced to impose on their pulse-quickening ardor. Nothing more physical than a kiss was ever put to paper, but the inherent sensuality can still leap from the pages. "If the imagination is the most powerful sex organ, then maybe, in writing about sex, less is more," Mansfield concludes.
Give us your input, impressions, comments and suggestions for this newsletter in the Love Notes Newsletter Forum.
