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Mentioned as one of the few women who actually wrote her own memoirs about her experiences, including her relationship with the Duke of Wellington - referenced with the phrase 'Publish and Be Damned'

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Casanova's memoirs mentioned as an example of a different type of source material compared to personal letters when discussing how to evaluate historical accounts of sexuality

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William Hickey's memoirs described as 'absolutely fantastic' - later referenced for an anecdote about Thomas Vaughan's daughters and attitudes toward women becoming sex workers

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Referenced as having written about 'how London was built on the back of sex work' in the context of discussing how integrated sex work was into London's fabric and geography

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Referenced as having a 'new book' related to homosexuality that was 'in the news recently' along with Matthew Sweet's response to it

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Tom mentions this was the first book of Hallie's that he read - a novel about Henrietta Lightfoot, an 18th century woman following the style of Hogarth's Harlot's Progress with an unreliable narrator

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Hallie mentions wanting to create a book using 18th century dramatic tropes 'like Tom Jones' when discussing the literary influences for her novel

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Listed alongside Tom Jones as one of the 18th/19th century literary tropes Hallie wanted to incorporate into her novel

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Mentioned as an example of the type of book Hallie wanted to emulate, and later referenced as a 'perfect example' of pornography written by men voicing women's experiences

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Described as '11 or 12 volumes' written around 1888-1890, a stream of consciousness work by an apparent sex addict recording his sexual experiences, mostly with lower-class women

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Referenced in discussion of Little Emily as an example of the 'fallen woman' who 'still remains pure' - used to discuss Victorian attitudes toward sexuality and fallen women