Books like My Secret Life by Walter
In his memoir, Walter—a semi‑anonymous Victorian diarist—tells the story of his life from a precocious youth to the culmination of an “amatory career” that spanned many decades. Through vivid, unvarnished descriptions, he recounts hundreds of sexual encounters, capturing the secret undercurrents of a society that officially clung to moral strictness. The work offers an intimate, firsthand perspective on the hidden aspects of Victorian sexual culture, revealing both the personal motivations of one man and the broader social tensions of the era.
First publish date: June 12, 1976
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Walter
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