The Oldest Gay Novels : Orlando, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Cecil Dreeme, The Sins of the Cities, Well of Loneliness, Carmilla...

"The Oldest Gay Novels" offers a profound journey through the nuanced landscape of early LGBTQ literature, capturing a spectrum of stylistic innovations and thematic explorations. This anthology carefully curates seminal works from an era when queerness was often expressed in subtext and coded language, yet still managed to challenge societal norms with resilience and creativity. The collection brings together a rich mosaic of stories that traverse the boundaries of genre, from gothic intrigue to tender introspections, each piece distinct yet echoing a shared undercurrent of defiance and yearning. The anthology's contributors'Äîincluding luminaries such as Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, and Radclyffe Hall'Äîspan diverse backgrounds and experiences, forming a tapestry that reflects the period's varied expressions of gay identity. These writers, facing their own societal constraints, became pioneers within their literary movements, pushing the boundaries of what was publicly acceptable and laying the groundwork for future generations of queer literature. The collection unites these voices to provide a retrospective glimpse into the evolution of LGBTQ themes, deeply rooted in historical and cultural contexts that enriched and, at times, constricted their creative outputs. Readers of "The Oldest Gay Novels" are afforded a rare opportunity to immerse themselves in the layered narrations of pioneering LGBTQ writers. This anthology not only showcases the diversity of early gay literature but also frames an essential dialogue between past and present, offering invaluable insights into the social dynamics through a literary lens. It stands as an educational cornerstone, an exploration of bold narratives, and a testament to the indomitable spirit of self-expression that continues to resonate today. Those who seek depth and diversity in storytelling will find this collection a compelling addition to their literary journeys.


  1. Spøkelset fra Canterville

    Oscar Wilde

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  2. Bildet av Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde

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  3. 100 Quotes That Will Change Your life

    Napoleon Hill, Steve Jobs, Lao Tzu, Sam Levenson, Winston Churchill, George Eliot, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Buddha, Norman Vincent Peale, John D. Rockefeller, Oscar Wilde, Elon Musk, Mahatma Gandhi, Stephen King, Vincent van Gogh, Andrew Carnegie, Paulo Coelho, Muhammad Ali

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  4. 50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die

    Frances Hodgson Burnett, Homer, Charles Dickens, Lyman Frank Baum, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry Haggard, Wilkie Collins, H.G. Wells, Sir Walter Scott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Henry Fielding, Mary Shelley, Arthur Conan Doyle, Leo Tolstoy, Euripides, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander Pushkin, James Fenimore Cooper, Daniel Defoe, Joseph Conrad, Jonathan Swift, William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, John Bunyan, Charles Darwin, Alfred Tennyson, Bram Stoker, James Joyce, Dante Alighieri, Howard Pyle, Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Giovanni Boccaccio, Rudyard Kipling

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  5. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde

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  6. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde

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  7. 3500 Final Quotes

    Marcus Aurelius, Jane Austen, Beaumarchais, Napoleon Bonaparte, Buddha, Winston Churchill, Cicero, Confucius, Nicolas de Chamfort, Charles de Gaulle, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Denis Diderot, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Anne Frank, Mahatma Gandhi, Immanuel Kant, Sören Kierkegaard, Martin Luther King, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Abraham Lincoln, Montesquieu, Friedrich Nietzsche, Plato, Marcel Proust, Arthur Schopenhauer, William Shakespeare, Socrates, Baruch Spinoza, Henry David Thoreau, Leonardo da Vinci, Voltaire, Oscar Wilde, Laozi

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  8. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde

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  9. Le portrait de Dorian Gray - Livre Audio

    Oscar Wilde, Livres audio en français

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  10. The Importance of Being Earnest - Audiobook

    Oscar Wilde, Classic Audiobooks

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  11. 15+ Masterpieces of Gothic Horror. Classics Collection : Frankenstein, Dracula, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Carmilla, The Turn of the Screw and others

    Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Sheridan Le Fanu, Henry James, Arthur Machen, Nikolai Gogol

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  12. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Audiobook

    Oscar Wilde

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