John Addington Symonds

1 book referenced

Books by John Addington Symonds

The Memoirs of John Addington Symonds

Referenced in 1 episode

367. The Real Harry Potter: Magic, Empire and Beastly Bullies

September 10, 2023

Context:

Discussed as a scandalous memoir of life at Harrow in the 1850s that was not published until 1984. The hosts quote extensively from Symonds's accounts of sexual activity among schoolboys, including boys being assigned female names and adopted as 'bitches' by older boys, and his friend's affair with the headmaster Charles Vaughan.