Val Strange: A Story of the Primrose Way
1883
David Christie Murray
London : Chatto and Windus
British
Novel
370pp
Gay Men
Summary
Also known as Valentine Strange. A book listed as queer in Prime-Stevenson's short story, "Out of the Sun." It seems primarily concerned with Val's love for a girl, but I've missed any nuance by scanning other than a type of blackmail on 158p.
More Info
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Content & Trigger Warnings
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Editions
Chamber's Journals (Jan 7-Dec 30 1882). Original serialization. Page numbers found on Victorian Fiction Research Guides.
London : Chatto and Windus (1883) subtitled as a "New Edition." Released in three volumes. Google has Vol 2 and Vol 3. They also released an omnibus in the same year and in 1889.
London: Chatto and Windus (1885) as a Yellowback text. Seen at the The Athenaeum of Philadelphia's Yellowbook site.
New York : George Munro (1886) as a Pocket Edition. Seen at the Library of Congress and at Archive.org. Book cover restored by myself.