George Reginald Bacchus
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George Reginald Bacchus was an English
author. He was the author of a number of erotic books published by the Erotika Biblion Society
.
He married Isa Bowman
(1874-1958), a former child-actress and friend of Lewis Carroll
, in 1899. In 1899-1900 he published a fictionalised version of her life on the stage in Society, a magazine he was editing. Leonard Smithers
commissioned a pornographic version which was published as The Confessions of Nemesis Hunt (issued in three volumes 1902, 1903, 1906), the first two volumes printed by Duringe of Paris for Leonard Smithers
in London and the last in London.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
author. He was the author of a number of erotic books published by the Erotika Biblion Society
Erotika Biblion Society
The Erotika Biblion Society was a pornographic publishing imprint in Victorian London formed by Harry Sidney Nichols and Leonard Smithers in 1888. One of their most notable publications was Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal, thought to have been written by Oscar Wilde. The venture ended in...
.
He married Isa Bowman
Isa Bowman
Isa Bowman was an actress, a close friend of Lewis Carroll and author of a memoir about his life, The Story of Lewis Carroll, Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland....
(1874-1958), a former child-actress and friend of Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the...
, in 1899. In 1899-1900 he published a fictionalised version of her life on the stage in Society, a magazine he was editing. Leonard Smithers
Leonard Smithers
Leonard Smithers was a London publisher associated with the Decadent movement. Born in Sheffield, he worked as a solicitor, qualifying in 1884, and became friendly with the explorer and orientalist Sir Richard Francis Burton. He published Burton's translation of the Book of One Thousand and One...
commissioned a pornographic version which was published as The Confessions of Nemesis Hunt (issued in three volumes 1902, 1903, 1906), the first two volumes printed by Duringe of Paris for Leonard Smithers
Leonard Smithers
Leonard Smithers was a London publisher associated with the Decadent movement. Born in Sheffield, he worked as a solicitor, qualifying in 1884, and became friendly with the explorer and orientalist Sir Richard Francis Burton. He published Burton's translation of the Book of One Thousand and One...
in London and the last in London.