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The History of Prostitution

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Common sense asks for a full investigation of all the evils attending prostitution. In the every-day affairs of life, any man who feels the pressure of a particular evil looks at once for its cause. He may be neither a philosopher nor a logician, and may never have heard of or read any of the luminous treatises which professedly simplify science, yet he knows very well that for every effect there must be some adequate cause, and for this he generally searches diligently till he can find and remove it. But here, in the city of New York, is a population who claim to be as intelligent as any on the Western continent, who have been for years suffering from the effects of a vice in purse and person; who have paid and are paying every year large sums of money on account of it; who witness every day some broken constitution or ruined character resulting from it, and who yet have never thought of seeking out the cause! Is it now too late to enlist your sympathies in the undertaking? Hence we conclude that propriety, expediency, public safety, private interest, and common sense demand an investigation like this now submitted to the reader. (from the Introduction) (31 hr 55 min)

Chapters

Introduction

54:08

Read by Anna Simon

Chapter 1 - The Jews

11:27

Read by Josh Kirsh

Chapter 2 - Egypt, Syria, and Asia Minor

6:43

Read by Arnie Horton

Chapter 3 - Greece, Part 1

26:19

Read by drakaunus

Chapter 3 - Greece, Part 2

25:50

Read by drakaunus

Chapter 4 - Rome, Part 1

28:18

Read by Leni

Chapter 4 - Rome, Part 2

31:29

Read by Leni

Chapter 5 - The Early Christian Era

19:16

Read by Ann Boulais

Chapter 6 - France: History During the Middle Ages

39:28

Read by Philip Panos

Chapter 7 - France: History From the Middle Ages to Louis XIII

32:18

Read by Philip Panos

Chapter 8 - France: History from Louis XIII to the Present Day

37:00

Read by csheeler

Chapter 9 - France: Syphilis

24:05

Read by Anna Simon

Chapter 10 - France: Present Regulations

37:49

Read by PrismStars

Chapter 11 - Italy

34:46

Read by Gina Marie

Chapter 12 - Spain

23:58

Read by Gina Marie

Chapter 13 - Portugal

5:42

Read by Arnie Horton

Chapter 14 - Algeria

27:07

Read by Lucretia B.

Chapter 15 - Belgium

5:49

Read by David Lawrence

Chapter 16 - Hamburg, Part 1

38:59

Read by Jeff K.

Chapter 16 - Hamburg, Part 2

37:20

Read by Jeff K.

Chapter 17 - Prussia, Part 1

35:37

Read by Robert Sherman

Chapter 17 - Prussia, Part 2

27:42

Read by Robert Sherman

Chapter 17 - Prussia, Part 3

28:55

Read by Robert Sherman

Chapter 18 - Leipzig

8:28

Read by Gina Marie

Chapter 19 - Denmark

9:06

Read by Timothy O'Riordan

Chapter 20 - Switzerland

4:02

Read by David Lawrence

Chapter 21 - Russia, Part 1

23:00

Read by tovarisch

Chapter 21 - Russia, Part 2

25:40

Read by tovarisch

Chapter 22 - Sweden and Norway

16:30

Read by ProseandProdigyManly

Chapter 23 - Great Britain: History to the Time of the Commonwealth, Part 1

22:37

Read by Peter Yearsley

Chapter 23 - Great Britain: History to the Time of the Commonwealth, Part 2

21:51

Read by Peter Yearsley

Chapter 24 - Great Britain: History from the Commonwealth to the Present Day

40:33

Read by Peter Yearsley

Chapter 25 - Great Britain: Prostitution at the Present Time, Part 1

41:01

Read by Bev J Stevens

Chapter 25 - Great Britain: Prostitution at the Present Time, Part 2

45:37

Read by Bev J Stevens

Chapter 25 - Great Britain: Prostitution at the Present Time, Part 3

45:32

Read by Bev J Stevens

Chapter 26 - Great Britain: Syphilitic Diseases

14:18

Read by Arielle Lipshaw

Chapter 27 - Mexico

14:32

Read by Arnie Horton

Chapter 28 - Central and South America

21:27

Read by Ramon Escamilla

Chapter 29 - North American Indians

46:40

Read by Lucretia B.

Chapter 30, Barbarous Nations, Part 1

33:22

Read by Ramon Escamilla

Chapter 30, Barbarous Nations, Part 2

30:45

Read by Ramon Escamilla

Chapter 30, Barbarous Nations, Part 3

20:24

Read by Ramon Escamilla

Chapter 31, Semi-Civilized Nations, Part 1

31:27

Read by Uday Sagar

Chapter 31, Semi-Civilized Nations, Part 2

32:58

Read by Ramon Escamilla

Chapter 31, Semi-Civilized Nations, Part 3

28:58

Read by Ramon Escamilla

Chapter 32 - New York: Statistics, Part 1

31:03

Read by Bill Boerst

Chapter 32 - New York: Statistics, Part 2

34:02

Read by Bill Boerst

Chapter 32 - New York: Statistics, Part 3

43:20

Read by Bill Boerst

Chapter 33 - New York: Statistics, Part 1

35:48

Read by Anna Simon

Chapter 33 - New York: Statistics, Part 2

31:56

Read by Anna Simon

Chapter 33 - New York: Statistics, Part 3

35:32

Read by Anna Simon

Chapter 34 - New York: Statistics, Part 1

46:20

Read by Ramon Escamilla

Chapter 34 - New York: Statistics, Part 2

31:05

Read by Ramon Escamilla

Chapter 35 - New York: Prostitutes and Houses of Prostitution, Part 1

41:46

Read by Mina Anderson

Chapter 35 - New York: Prostitutes and Houses of Prostitution, Part 2

38:41

Read by Mina Anderson

Chapter 36 - New York: Extent, Effects, and Cost of Prostitution, Part 1

55:51

Read by Mina Anderson

Chapter 36 - New York: Extent, Effects, and Cost of Prostitution, Part 2

40:33

Read by Samantha Miles

Chapter 36 - New York: Extent, Effects, and Cost of Prostitution, Part 3

34:10

Read by KHand

Chapter 36 - New York: Extent, Effects, and Cost of Prostitution, Part 4

54:43

Read by KHand

Chapter 37 - New York: Remedial Measures, Part 1

34:44

Read by Ramon Escamilla

Chapter 37 - New York: Remedial Measures, Part 2

31:51

Read by Ramon Escamilla

Chapter 37 - New York: Remedial Measures, Part 3

36:23

Read by Ramon Escamilla

Chapter 37 - New York: Remedial Measures, Part 4

38:50

Read by Ramon Escamilla