Memoirs of a Russian Princess
An 1890 anonymous erotic novel purporting to be a Russian princess's confessions. Its actual author was never established.
- Original byline
- Anonymous
- Published
- 1890
- Form
- Novels
- Authorship
- Still unknown
- Reason for anonymity
- Unrecorded
- Copyright
- Public domain
- Reference
- Wikipedia · Wikidata
The authorship story
Memoirs of a Russian Princess appeared in 1890 in the clandestine erotica trade, framed as the confessions of an aristocratic Russian woman. Like most Victorian erotica it was published without any true name: the trade ran on false imprints, invented editors, and authors who could not afford to exist. Unlike The Romance of Lust, no candidate attribution for it has consolidated in the scholarship, and its authorship is recorded here as unknown. The book survives as a specimen of a whole literature built to be authorless.
Questions readers ask
Who wrote Memoirs of a Russian Princess?
Nobody knows. No author for Memoirs of a Russian Princess has been identified in the documented record.
Can I read Memoirs of a Russian Princess for free?
Yes. Memoirs of a Russian Princess is in the public domain and the full text is free to read at the Internet Archive.
When was Memoirs of a Russian Princess published?
Memoirs of a Russian Princess was published in 1890 without an author’s name.
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