The Surprising adventures of Bigenio, an hermaphrodite, or human being, endowed with the propensities of both sexes
containing, A true account of its birth, education, and subsequent seduction by its tutor; eloping from home; turning thief; intrigues at Bath and on the road to London; arrival at the Metropolis; entrapped by M-- S----, the old bawd of Drury Lane--description of her house and inmates; hires himself as lady's maid to Mrs. D.; found out by the husband--gets horsewhipped and escapes; takes lodgings at the West End of the town, where he entraps the son of a banker, who marries him--is found out and again escapes with upwards of £500, the marriage present; flies to York, where the rich old maid Miss Dornton falls in love with him at an assembly, whom he marries, and in a short period absconds with £2,000 and upwards, eluding all trace, although he has been lately seen passing in Oxford Street, and thence down Bond Street
Author/Contributor:
Bailey, J. (John), active 1799-1825, printer,publisher.
Number:
28 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : color illustration (portrait) ; 20 cm (12mo)
Subject:
1800-1899
Intersex people -- Biography
Intersex people -- History -- Sources
Intersexuality -- History -- Sources
Intersex people in literature
Gender-nonconforming people -- History -- Sources
Gender-nonconforming people -- Great Britain -- Biography
Gender-nonconforming people -- Portraits
Gender nonconformity -- History -- Sources
Gender identity -- England -- History -- Sources
Gender identity -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Gender identity
Gender-nonconforming people
Gender nonconformity
Intersex people
Intersexuality
England
Great Britain
Collection:
Special Collections
Language:
English
Provider:
Fales Library & Special Collections
Permanent Link:
https://hdl.handle.net/2333.1/x69p8rv0
In public domain.
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