FANDOM: the_comfortable_courtesan
PAIRINGS: Oh so many, you guys.

PITCH: The Comfortable Courtesan is the memoirs of a very selective English courtesan of the early 19th century, with lovely setpieces, tangled intrigues, a wide range of realistically complicated characters, and a beautiful and perfectly fitted narrative voice. It also contains Utilitarian philosophers, historically accurate diversity, polyamory, Sapphistry (and sodomy), useful precepts for novices, and a wombatt. It has been making me consistently happy for over three years now and I love it so much.

And when I say Sapphistry, I mean it. Madame C- has a wide acquaintance, of varying personalities and predilections, and included among them are so many women who love women. Women getting together, women breaking up with each other and finding someone new, women who live happily together with almost no drama for the entire 12 volume series, women who are two thirds of a happy equal polyamorous relationship, women who have lots of wild crushes on other women that may or may not be followed through with, so many queer women, seriously.

AVAILABILITY: You can read the original posts at the Dreamwidth blog above (starting here), or you can order the edited volumes 1-7 (and soon 8, and more forthcoming) as ebooks or paperbacks at this website.

It is, perhaps, not the best fandom to pick up quickly in a couple weeks, but honestly in my experience once you start you end up devouring the narrative surprisingly fast.