豆瓣处女评,致敬神奇点评书"Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies"
太阳底下无新事,消费者想要打破信息不对称,了解将要购买的商品与服务的特点 - to know what you will pay for。妓女是历史最为悠久的职业之一,被点评其实也不奇怪。英国人做事向来一丝不苟,书中详细记录了每个妓女的年龄、外表、性特征、才艺、从业经验、金主信息等等。嫖妓和包养情妇在当时的社会应该都是见怪不怪了,国王、伯爵、公爵、首相和他们的姘头都被记录在册。用来描述妓女的文字颇具文采,一般人(比如我)绝对看不懂,比如 "the symmetry of its parts, its borders enriched with wavering tendrils, its ruby portals, and the tufted grove, that crowns the summit of the mount, all join to invite the guest to enter”,又比如"one of the finest, fattest figures as fully finished for fun and frolick as fertile fancy ever formed ... fortunate for the true lovers of fat, should fate throw them into the possession of such full grown beauties."