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Lindsey Althorp, the only son of a wealthy baronet, has never worked a day in his life. Aubrey Warren was born in a workhouse and hasn’t stopped working since.
When Lindsey wins a textile mill in a game of cards, he falls at first sight for the assistant clerk, Aubrey. Lindsey is certain that Aubrey is the Achilles to his Patroclus, the David to his Jonathan. Yet Aubrey, unaccustomed to affection, refuses to be a kept man—though he isn’t immune to Lindsey’s considerable charm.
Buoyed by Lindsey’s optimism and fuelled by Aubrey’s industry, the two men strive to overcome the class gulf between them. But a horrific accident reveals a betrayal that threatens to tear them apart forever.
Lindsey Althorp, the only son of a wealthy baronet, has never worked a day in his life. Aubrey Warren was born in a workhouse and hasn’t stopped working since.
When Lindsey wins a textile mill in a game of cards, he falls at first sight for the assistant clerk, Aubrey. Lindsey is certain that Aubrey is the Achilles to his Patroclus, the David to his Jonathan. Yet Aubrey, unaccustomed to affection, refuses to be a kept man—though he isn’t immune to Lindsey’s considerable charm.
Buoyed by Lindsey’s optimism and fuelled by Aubrey’s industry, the two men strive to overcome the class gulf between them. But a horrific accident reveals a betrayal that threatens to tear them apart forever.
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Lindsey Althorp, the only son of a wealthy baronet, has never worked a day in his life. Aubrey Warren
When Lindsey wins a textile mill in a game
Buoyed by Lindsey’s optimism and fuelled by Aubrey’s industry, the two men strive to overcome the class gulf between them. But a horrific accident reveals a betrayal that threatens to tear them apart forever.
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* AllGaysLoveTheater
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Lindsey, to Aubrey, in the midst of their biggest fight.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Both leads qualify.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Lindsey is the male variety. Blond, blue-eyed, repeatedly described as sunshine in the form of a person, and far more concerned with the feelings and well-being of others than most men of his position. He fits the ChasteHero part of the description, as well--until he meets Aubrey.
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* ShelteredAristocrat: Lindsey's friends and family conspire to shield him not only from the outside world but from his own sexuality.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: ''Mrs Warrens Profession'' by {{Creator/George Bernard Shaw}} is about a woman who traces her financial success back to her youthful stint as a sex worker. {{Literature/MrWarrensProfession}} is about a man who used to be a sex worker. Unfortunately the fame of the former seems to have sunk the SEO of the latter.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: ''Mrs Warrens Profession'' ''Theatre/MrsWarrensProfession'' by {{Creator/George Bernard Shaw}} Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw is about a woman who traces her financial success back to her youthful stint as a sex worker. {{Literature/MrWarrensProfession}} ''Mr Warren's Profession'' is about a man who used to be a sex worker. Unfortunately the fame of the former seems to have sunk the SEO of the latter.worker.
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** ''{{Literature/LadyWindermeresFan}}'' by {{Creator/Oscar Wilde}}
** ''{{Literature/HardTimes}}'' by {{Creator/Charles Dickens}}
** ''{{Literature/LadyAudleysSecret}}'' by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
** ''{{Literature/LadyWindermeresFan}}'' by {{Creator/Oscar Wilde}}
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: ''Mrs Warrens Profession'' by {{Creator/George Bernard Shaw}} is about a woman who traces her financial success back to her youthful stint as a sex worker. MrWarrensProfession is about a man who used to be a sex worker. Unfortunately the fame of the former seems to have sunk the SEO of the latter.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: ''Mrs Warrens Profession'' by {{Creator/George Bernard Shaw}} is about a woman who traces her financial success back to her youthful stint as a sex worker. MrWarrensProfession {{Literature/MrWarrensProfession}} is about a man who used to be a sex worker. Unfortunately the fame of the former seems to have sunk the SEO of the latter.
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From the blurb:
Lindsey Althorp, the only son of a wealthy baronet, has never worked a day in his life. Aubrey Warren was born in a workhouse and hasn’t stopped working since.
When Lindsey wins a textile mill in a game of cards, he falls at first sight for the assistant clerk, Aubrey. Lindsey is certain that Aubrey is the Achilles to his Patroclus, the David to his Jonathan. Yet Aubrey, unaccustomed to affection, refuses to be a kept man—though he isn’t immune to Lindsey’s considerable charm.
Buoyed by Lindsey’s optimism and fuelled by Aubrey’s industry, the two men strive to overcome the class gulf between them. But a horrific accident reveals a betrayal that threatens to tear them apart forever.
Lindsey Althorp, the only son of a wealthy baronet, has never worked a day in his life. Aubrey Warren was born in a workhouse and hasn’t stopped working since.
When Lindsey wins a textile mill in a game of cards, he falls at first sight for the assistant clerk, Aubrey. Lindsey is certain that Aubrey is the Achilles to his Patroclus, the David to his Jonathan. Yet Aubrey, unaccustomed to affection, refuses to be a kept man—though he isn’t immune to Lindsey’s considerable charm.
Buoyed by Lindsey’s optimism and fuelled by Aubrey’s industry, the two men strive to overcome the class gulf between them. But a horrific accident reveals a betrayal that threatens to tear them apart forever.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: MrsWarrensProfession ''Mrs Warrens Profession'' by {{Creator/George Bernard Shaw}} is about a woman who traces her financial success back to her youthful stint as a sex worker. MrWarrensProfession is about a man who used to be a sex worker. Unfortunately the fame of the former seems to have sunk the SEO of the latter.
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** ''{{Literature/Carmilla}}'' by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
** ''HardTimes'' by {{Creator/Charles Dickens}}
** ''LadyAudleysSecret'' by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
** ''LadyWindermeresFan'' by {{Creator/Oscar Wilde}}
** ''Lives of the Engineers'' by Samuel Smiles
** ''Manners and Tone of Good Society, or, Solecisms to be Avoided'' by A Member of the Aristocracy
** ''Mary Barton'' by {{Creator/Elizabeth Gaskell}}
** ''Self-Help'' by Samuel Smiles
** ''Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque'' by {{Creator/Edgar Allan Poe}}
** ''Wormwood: A Drama of Paris'' by Marie Corelli
** ''HardTimes'' by {{Creator/Charles Dickens}}
** ''LadyAudleysSecret'' by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
** ''LadyWindermeresFan'' by {{Creator/Oscar Wilde}}
** ''Lives of the Engineers'' by Samuel Smiles
** ''Manners and Tone of Good Society, or, Solecisms to be Avoided'' by A Member of the Aristocracy
** ''Mary Barton'' by {{Creator/Elizabeth Gaskell}}
** ''Self-Help'' by Samuel Smiles
** ''Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque'' by {{Creator/Edgar Allan Poe}}
** ''Wormwood: A Drama of Paris'' by Marie Corelli
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* AllGaysLoveTheater
* TheBeard: Emmeline for Lindsey.
* {{Blackmail}}: Bound to come up in a story about two men in a romantic relationship in Victorian England.
* BlackmailBackfire: [[spoiler:Clarence]] definitely ends up the worse off for his attempts to blackmail the leads.
* BondingOverMissingParents: The scene in the portrait hall of Lindsey's country house allows for this between him and Aubrey, in addition to providing Aubrey the opportunity for internal angst about being a mysterious orphan with no real family ties.
* {{Blackmail}}: Bound to come up in a story about two men in a romantic relationship in Victorian England.
* BlackmailBackfire: [[spoiler:Clarence]] definitely ends up the worse off for his attempts to blackmail the leads.
* BondingOverMissingParents: The scene in the portrait hall of Lindsey's country house allows for this between him and Aubrey, in addition to providing Aubrey the opportunity for internal angst about being a mysterious orphan with no real family ties.
* CannotSpitItOut: Try as he might, Aubrey can't say "I love you" to Lindsey... [[spoiler:at least not until the end of the novel.]]
* CastFullOfGay
* CastFullOfGay
* ConfirmedBachelor: Aubrey and Lindsey, for obvious reasons. [[spoiler:And several of their friends, as it turns out.]]
* CoolBigSis: Rowena, who ruthlessly rules the social hierarchy with effortless poise. And takes care of her little brother Lindsey besides.
* CoolBigSis: Rowena, who ruthlessly rules the social hierarchy with effortless poise. And takes care of her little brother Lindsey besides.
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* CannotSpitItOut: Try as he might, Aubrey can't say "I love you" to Lindsey... [[spoiler:at least not until the end of the novel.]]
* ConfirmedBachelor: Aubrey and Lindsey, for obvious reasons. [[spoiler:And several of their friends, as it turns out.]]
* ConfirmedBachelor: Aubrey and Lindsey, for obvious reasons. [[spoiler:And several of their friends, as it turns out.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Lindsey and Aubrey do get a HappilyEverAfter... eventually. [[spoiler:After the death of Lindsey's father. And the boiler explosion that burns off half of Aubrey's face. And the blackmail.]]
* FancyDinner: One of these sparks conflict in the mid-point of the novel.
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Clarence Rook isn't a very good best friend to Lindsey.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Lindsey being foolish and Rowena being responsible.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The menu for the fancy dinner party is the same menu as the dinner service on the Titanic.
* FormalFullArrayOfCutlery: Appears at the fancy dinner party and throws Aubrey for a loop. (He figures it out by watching the other guests and mimicking them.)
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Clarence Rook isn't a very good best friend to Lindsey.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Lindsey being foolish and Rowena being responsible.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The menu for the fancy dinner party is the same menu as the dinner service on the Titanic.
* FormalFullArrayOfCutlery: Appears at the fancy dinner party and throws Aubrey for a loop. (He figures it out by watching the other guests and mimicking them.)
* GrandRomanticGesture: Lindsey takes Aubrey to see the Electrical Exhibition at the Crystal Palace... and then arranges a private tour of the dynamos under the Palace that power the whole exhibition. Aubrey is thrilled.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Lord Cyril Graves, in the course of explaining why he openly insulted Aubrey throughout the FancyDinner, also calls out Lindsey's failure to prepare Aubrey for the dinner and what it would entail.
-->'''Graves:''' You think me cruel. If I am cruel, then you put de Sade to shame. After all, Warren is a perfect stranger to me. A snide comment from my lips means nothing to him. You, however, to whom he looks for guidance, abandoned him to wolves such as myself. The poor wretch hardly knew his left from his right, much less which fork to use. And you left him to starve in the wilderness without so much as a hinting cough.
-->'''Graves:''' You think me cruel. If I am cruel, then you put de Sade to shame. After all, Warren is a perfect stranger to me. A snide comment from my lips means nothing to him. You, however, to whom he looks for guidance, abandoned him to wolves such as myself. The poor wretch hardly knew his left from his right, much less which fork to use. And you left him to starve in the wilderness without so much as a hinting cough.
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* ShovelTalk: Three of them in total, from Lindsey's sister and friends, to Aubrey. Subverted in that it's used to show that Lindsey is surrounded by meddlers, some less well-intentioned than others.
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* ShovelTalk: Three of them Deconstructed. There are three shovel talks in total, from Lindsey's sister and friends, to Aubrey. Subverted in Rather than implying that it's used to Lindsey's friends and family love and care about him, the shovel talks show that Lindsey is surrounded by meddlers, some less well-intentioned than others.
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* NobodyThinksItWillWork: Made abundantly clear by Lindsey's sister and friends in the three [Shovel Talk]s they give to Aubrey. [[spoiler:They're wrong.]]
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* NobodyThinksItWillWork: Made abundantly clear by Lindsey's sister and friends in the three [Shovel Talk]s {{Shovel Talk}}s they give to Aubrey. [[spoiler:They're wrong.]]
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-> "Lindsey Althorp, the only son of a wealthy baronet, has never worked a day in his life. Aubrey Warren was born in a workhouse and hasn’t stopped working since."
A QueerRomance by Sebastian Nothwell. Set in VictorianLondon (and Manchester!), 1892.
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!! This book provides examples of:
* {{Adorkable}}: Both leads qualify.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Lindsey, to Aubrey, in the midst of their biggest fight.
* {{Bookworm}}: Lindsey for fiction, Aubrey for non-fiction. Justified in that books were the major source of information and entertainment in the Victorian age.
* ClosetKey: Aubrey is this for Lindsey.
* CuteBookworm: Both leads consider each other to be this.
* CannotSpitItOut: Try as he might, Aubrey can't say "I love you" to Lindsey... [[spoiler:at least not until the end of the novel.]]
* ConfirmedBachelor: Aubrey and Lindsey, for obvious reasons. [[spoiler:And several of their friends, as it turns out.]]
* DontYouDarePityMe: Aubrey to Lindsey, during the fight that sparks the latter's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove.
-->'''Aubrey:''' You’ll find I appreciate your pity even less than I desire your disdain.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The entire plot only happens because of Aubrey's career, past and present. [[spoiler:And the book ends with his "profession" of love for Lindsey.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: ...which is a dangerous thing in England post-Labouchere Amendment.
* TheGayNineties: In every sense of the phrase.
* HappilyEverAfter: A prerequisite of the genre, which is fulfilled. Eventually.
* HereditaryHomosexuality: Lindsey is far from the only "invert" in the Althorp family. [[spoiler:His sister Rowena is a lesbian, and their uncle was executed by the British Royal Navy for sodomy.]]
* IronWoobie: Aubrey.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: MrsWarrensProfession is about a woman who traces her financial success back to her youthful stint as a sex worker. MrWarrensProfession is about a man who used to be a sex worker. Unfortunately the fame of the former seems to have sunk the SEO of the latter.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Lindsey has this for Aubrey. Aubrey takes more convincing.
* MarriageOfConvenience: Lindsey and Emmeline.
* MarriedToTheJob: Aubrey.
* MysteriousPast: Aubrey.
* NobodyThinksItWillWork: Made abundantly clear by Lindsey's sister and friends in the three [Shovel Talk]s they give to Aubrey. [[spoiler:They're wrong.]]
* OfficeRomance: Aubrey's a clerk, and Lindsey owns the business.
* QueerRomance: Or "same-sex romance," as the author sometimes puts it.
* ShoutOut: Both lead characters are bookworms, as is almost everyone in Lindsey's social circle. They name drop a lot of titles, all of which are real. An abbreviated list:
* ShovelTalk: Three of them in total, from Lindsey's sister and friends, to Aubrey. Subverted in that it's used to show that Lindsey is surrounded by meddlers, some less well-intentioned than others.
* SleepingWithTheBoss: The central conceit of the novel, as the only reason Lindsey and Aubrey meet in the first place is because Lindsey wins the mill where Aubrey works. [[spoiler:Smith suspects this is how Aubrey got the job in the first place, by sleeping with Mr Jennings.]]
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Lindsey's reading habits lead to this.
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Two of 'em!
* UnexpectedVirgin: Lindsey, much to Aubrey's initial bewilderment.
* UptownGirl: Lindsey, being a baronet with more money than sense, is the male variety.
* VictorianLondon: A major location, along with Victorian Manchester.
* {{Woobie}}: Aubrey is an orphan [[spoiler:and a child sex abuse survivor]] raised in poverty and living in squalid conditions, who then [[spoiler:gets fired and blackmailed and loses half his face to a steam boiler explosion]]. Chapters and chapters of hurt/comfort ensue.
* {{Workaholic}}: Aubrey. [[spoiler:Not even burning half his face off will stop him from trying to work.]] Much to Lindsey's confusion.
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A QueerRomance by Sebastian Nothwell. Set in VictorianLondon (and Manchester!), 1892.
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!! This book provides examples of:
* {{Adorkable}}: Both leads qualify.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Lindsey, to Aubrey, in the midst of their biggest fight.
* {{Bookworm}}: Lindsey for fiction, Aubrey for non-fiction. Justified in that books were the major source of information and entertainment in the Victorian age.
* ClosetKey: Aubrey is this for Lindsey.
* CuteBookworm: Both leads consider each other to be this.
* CannotSpitItOut: Try as he might, Aubrey can't say "I love you" to Lindsey... [[spoiler:at least not until the end of the novel.]]
* ConfirmedBachelor: Aubrey and Lindsey, for obvious reasons. [[spoiler:And several of their friends, as it turns out.]]
* DontYouDarePityMe: Aubrey to Lindsey, during the fight that sparks the latter's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove.
-->'''Aubrey:''' You’ll find I appreciate your pity even less than I desire your disdain.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The entire plot only happens because of Aubrey's career, past and present. [[spoiler:And the book ends with his "profession" of love for Lindsey.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: ...which is a dangerous thing in England post-Labouchere Amendment.
* TheGayNineties: In every sense of the phrase.
* HappilyEverAfter: A prerequisite of the genre, which is fulfilled. Eventually.
* HereditaryHomosexuality: Lindsey is far from the only "invert" in the Althorp family. [[spoiler:His sister Rowena is a lesbian, and their uncle was executed by the British Royal Navy for sodomy.]]
* IronWoobie: Aubrey.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: MrsWarrensProfession is about a woman who traces her financial success back to her youthful stint as a sex worker. MrWarrensProfession is about a man who used to be a sex worker. Unfortunately the fame of the former seems to have sunk the SEO of the latter.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Lindsey has this for Aubrey. Aubrey takes more convincing.
* MarriageOfConvenience: Lindsey and Emmeline.
* MarriedToTheJob: Aubrey.
* MysteriousPast: Aubrey.
* NobodyThinksItWillWork: Made abundantly clear by Lindsey's sister and friends in the three [Shovel Talk]s they give to Aubrey. [[spoiler:They're wrong.]]
* OfficeRomance: Aubrey's a clerk, and Lindsey owns the business.
* QueerRomance: Or "same-sex romance," as the author sometimes puts it.
* ShoutOut: Both lead characters are bookworms, as is almost everyone in Lindsey's social circle. They name drop a lot of titles, all of which are real. An abbreviated list:
* ShovelTalk: Three of them in total, from Lindsey's sister and friends, to Aubrey. Subverted in that it's used to show that Lindsey is surrounded by meddlers, some less well-intentioned than others.
* SleepingWithTheBoss: The central conceit of the novel, as the only reason Lindsey and Aubrey meet in the first place is because Lindsey wins the mill where Aubrey works. [[spoiler:Smith suspects this is how Aubrey got the job in the first place, by sleeping with Mr Jennings.]]
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Lindsey's reading habits lead to this.
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Two of 'em!
* UnexpectedVirgin: Lindsey, much to Aubrey's initial bewilderment.
* UptownGirl: Lindsey, being a baronet with more money than sense, is the male variety.
* VictorianLondon: A major location, along with Victorian Manchester.
* {{Woobie}}: Aubrey is an orphan [[spoiler:and a child sex abuse survivor]] raised in poverty and living in squalid conditions, who then [[spoiler:gets fired and blackmailed and loses half his face to a steam boiler explosion]]. Chapters and chapters of hurt/comfort ensue.
* {{Workaholic}}: Aubrey. [[spoiler:Not even burning half his face off will stop him from trying to work.]] Much to Lindsey's confusion.
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