Gay Fiction
Modern and Classic Gay Fiction in English
Two People (Gay Classics Series)
By Donald Windham.
192 pages. ISBN 9781595691033.
A Novel: Neglected for over forty years, this moving novel has been republished in a more tolerant climate: A love affair in Rome between a middle-aged American and a much younger Italian. "Two People": two cultures; two individuals.
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Teleny or The Reverse of the Medal
Attributed to Oscar Wilde and friends.
144 pages. ISBN 9781595690364.
A Novel: Teleny is a homoerotic novel and an important antithesis to the prudish idealism of the neo-classic and neo-romantic lyric love poetry of the fin de siècle. It is a work of unmasking the cynical double moral standards of the Victorian era.
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Tim (Gay Classics Series)
By Howard Overing Sturgis.
128 pages. ISBN 9781595691309.
A Novel: A delicate portrayal of a sensitive boy's devoted affection for an older boy—a very touching story of a tender and self-forgetful character.
Howard Overing Sturgis (1855-1920), an intimate friend of Henry James, wrote only three novels: "All That Was Possible," "Tim," and "Belchamber."
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