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Left to Themselves

by Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson

Said to be the first-ever gay youth novel, this 1891 story follows the adventures of 12-year-old Gerald Saxton embarking on a trip from New York, to meet his father in Nova Scotia. He is chaperoned by 17-year-old Philip Touchtone. During the trip, their steamer sinks, they are shipwrecked, and marooned on an island. In addition, a shady antagonist is stalking the two. And while all this is happening, a friendship of mutual affection develops between the boys .

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English

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English

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1891

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Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson was an American author. He used the pseudonym Xavier Mayne. Edward Prime Stevenson was born in Madison, New Jersey. His father, Paul E. Stevenson, was a Presbyterian mi...

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