Forbidden sex - it has led men astray and women to wander since the earliest times. From the days of Adam and Eve to the mini skirt era, fear of discovery has not kept women from becoming adulteresses or men from slipping the wedding bonds.

Dr. Paul Tabori has investigated illicit love in life and literature - ranging from the lusts of the Roman Empire, to the bawdy Middle Ages and the sexually-enlightened twentieth century.

'A best-seller in America, this lively and authoritative study will tickle the curious, anger the purists and amuse all.'  - NEWS REVIEW

© 1949 by Francis Aldor
First published in Great Britain by The New English Library Limited in October 1967

Jenny... the buxom, big-hearted landlady with a lurid past... who runs a small-town boarding house for outcasts and strays, like

VEASEY GOODWILLIE the circus midget who keeps her warm on cold nights

BETTY the schoolteacher who becomes a call-girl

LAWANA the dark-skinned beauty... a newcomer to town who finds jobs are available ­ at a price

Rich comedy and passion mingle in this characteristic novel of America's Deep South by the world's biggest-selling novelist

© Erskine caldwell, 1961
First published in UK 1961 by Wm. Heinemann Ltd.
This edition published 1963 by Pan Books Ltd.