Talk:Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies
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It seems obvious to me that this article is significant, on two grounds: 1. History of prostitution 2. It sold large numbers of copies in a time when literacy was not widespread. glasperlenspiel 04:51, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
The nominator might like also to study the imnpact the List had on English criminal law, leading as it did to considerable developments in the contemporary laws realting to prostitution, obscene publications, freedom of speech and the development of a London-wide juridical system. --SockpuppetSamuelson 12:11, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
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- It has a documentary on telly today in the UK about it [1]Merkinsmum 23:33, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
It was also a major plot device in the first episode of UK's Channel 4 drama City of Vice —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.65.167.71 (talk) 21:40, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
