Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies (1757–1795)

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A list of london prostitutes, with reviews! Or am I missunderstanding?

Also fun to see the changing of single letters in the names to stars and dashes. This is used on the biggest independent forum host in Sweden (flashback.se) when naming suspects in crimes. I assume this is done elsewere too.

You’re not misunderstanding: “Harris’s List, an annual digest purporting to review and catalogue sex workers in Georgian London”

What a connoisseur! I can't help but imagine this would be a YouTube channel if made today.

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