A book by turn-of-the-century British humorist E.V. Lucas, Advisory Ben (1923), features an interesting lady-to-maid subplot about a rich girl who seeks work as a parlourmaid so that she could learn good manners and pick up tips from a "good family" that would employ her. The novel is about a fictional servant employment agency "The Beck and Call" and this is just one short episode that, as far as I am concerned, could have been an entire book, but well.... Here it is:
Mrs. Hill-Owen
(she told me) had not been gone more than a few minutes when a Rolls Royce
purred up to the door of “The Book- lover’s Rest,” and a richly dressed young
woman emerged and made her way upwards to “The Beck and Call.”
Ben, chancing to
be in the front office, received her in person, and asked her requirements.
“I want,” said the
girl, “an engagement as parlour-maid.”
“You want?” Ben
exclaimed. “But for someone
else, of course.”
“Oh, no,” said the
girl. “For myself. I want to go into service.”
“Come inside,”
said Ben.
“I must get this
clear. You want,” she said, when they were seated, “a situation as a
parlour-maid?”
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Even More Transformation Reading Suggestions
Some of you asked me to share more transformation reading suggestions (other that what you can find in this blog or in the Library section that is). Please read My favorites list I did back in December 2016, as well as My favorite TG stories list and a follow-up More Reading Suggestions list. Time to remember a few oldies as well as to talk about some new stories I've recently enjoyed, including the ones that are still ongoing. A mixed assortment really and something to keep you occupied while the next chapter of The Secret Slave is being prepared (if 80+ comments under Part 14 are any indication, some of your are eagerly anticipating that so I hope I won't disappoint).
None of the stories here are lady-to-maid, but many of them share the themes I enjoy - change/drop of status, role swap, cultural change, age regression/progression, and downgrade. Ranging from the mild to the hardcore.
Corporate Dress Code - Daring Diane has made her name as a master of realistic age regression stories, many of which you can find in her excellent blog. She started e-publishing relatively recently and already has a number of books out in various transformation genres. This one I particularly liked because it utilizes a couple of my favourite themes - stuck due to a mistake of one's own making and office power reversal. Terry, a young executive, develops a new, ultra feminine corporate dress code for women in the office, but finds out he must follow it himself after he develops breasts (a prerequisite to follow the dress code). Exceptionally well written and highly recommended even if you are not into crossdressing.
Sophie's Premature Ageing - an ongoing age progression story at The Changing Mirror forum in the glorious tradition of Annabelle's New Role. Part 9 was just published the other day and this exciting tale has quite a distance left to cover, but I can already list it among the best age progression stories I've read. And, which is very rare for AR stories, it's completely realistic: no magic is involved, all the changes (so far) are achieved with cosmetics and latex prosthetics (even though something more permanent appears to be on the horizon). Sophie, a social studies students, creates a persona as an elderly lady so that she can get a better understanding of how the old people live for her university studies. Needless to say, things slowly spiral out of control as she finds herself in a nursing home. Can't wait to see where this one goes.
Undercover Best Friend - a novel of age regression from August D. Adams, who'd penned a number of similar stories. This one just came out and I literally finished it today. I am a sucker for good and realistic age regression stories and this one hits most of the right buttons for me. Undercover, of course, is a popular transformation fiction trope, but I can't get enough of it when it's done right. Allison, a 24-year old petite police officer. goes undercover as a 12-year old schoolgirl to become friends with a crime lord's daughter. Incredibly well crafted and leaves me jealous as a writer of the author's storytelling skill. One of the best stuck/demotion stories I've read in recent years. Highly recommended.
None of the stories here are lady-to-maid, but many of them share the themes I enjoy - change/drop of status, role swap, cultural change, age regression/progression, and downgrade. Ranging from the mild to the hardcore.
Corporate Dress Code - Daring Diane has made her name as a master of realistic age regression stories, many of which you can find in her excellent blog. She started e-publishing relatively recently and already has a number of books out in various transformation genres. This one I particularly liked because it utilizes a couple of my favourite themes - stuck due to a mistake of one's own making and office power reversal. Terry, a young executive, develops a new, ultra feminine corporate dress code for women in the office, but finds out he must follow it himself after he develops breasts (a prerequisite to follow the dress code). Exceptionally well written and highly recommended even if you are not into crossdressing.
Sophie's Premature Ageing - an ongoing age progression story at The Changing Mirror forum in the glorious tradition of Annabelle's New Role. Part 9 was just published the other day and this exciting tale has quite a distance left to cover, but I can already list it among the best age progression stories I've read. And, which is very rare for AR stories, it's completely realistic: no magic is involved, all the changes (so far) are achieved with cosmetics and latex prosthetics (even though something more permanent appears to be on the horizon). Sophie, a social studies students, creates a persona as an elderly lady so that she can get a better understanding of how the old people live for her university studies. Needless to say, things slowly spiral out of control as she finds herself in a nursing home. Can't wait to see where this one goes.
Undercover Best Friend - a novel of age regression from August D. Adams, who'd penned a number of similar stories. This one just came out and I literally finished it today. I am a sucker for good and realistic age regression stories and this one hits most of the right buttons for me. Undercover, of course, is a popular transformation fiction trope, but I can't get enough of it when it's done right. Allison, a 24-year old petite police officer. goes undercover as a 12-year old schoolgirl to become friends with a crime lord's daughter. Incredibly well crafted and leaves me jealous as a writer of the author's storytelling skill. One of the best stuck/demotion stories I've read in recent years. Highly recommended.
Monday, April 2, 2018
Jill (1884) by Amy Dillwyn
The Nerdly, a walking encyclopaedia of all things lady-to-maid, alerted me to this 1884 novel from a Welsh author Amy Dillwyn. Simply called Jill, it is rather unconventional, to put it mildly, being part lesbian romance, part feminist manifesto, and part social critique.
The young heroine, a Victorian gentlewoman from a well-to-do Welsh family, like Dillwyn herself, runs off to London where she disguises herself as a maid. She falls in love with her Mistress, who doesn't know here true identity and sees her as a social inferior.
Archive.org has a (poorly formatted and partially unreadable) version that you can skim if you are interested, or you can get the proper book at the link above if you are interested.
Like many such stories, it falls shorts in the wider lady-to-maid context as this is not the author's main focus unfortunately (as a side note, words "uniform" or "apron" are not even mentioned once so that should tell you something), but it does offer a number of interesting observations that I found quite interesting.
For example, Jill lies about her age to appear more experienced (saying she's 24 instead of 19), fakes reference letters and takes hairdressing classes so that she can find herself a good place. Of course, none of these should surprise anyone who know anything about Victorian maids or read In Cap and Apron, not to mention Her Most Remarkable Performance!
The young heroine, a Victorian gentlewoman from a well-to-do Welsh family, like Dillwyn herself, runs off to London where she disguises herself as a maid. She falls in love with her Mistress, who doesn't know here true identity and sees her as a social inferior.
Archive.org has a (poorly formatted and partially unreadable) version that you can skim if you are interested, or you can get the proper book at the link above if you are interested.
Like many such stories, it falls shorts in the wider lady-to-maid context as this is not the author's main focus unfortunately (as a side note, words "uniform" or "apron" are not even mentioned once so that should tell you something), but it does offer a number of interesting observations that I found quite interesting.
For example, Jill lies about her age to appear more experienced (saying she's 24 instead of 19), fakes reference letters and takes hairdressing classes so that she can find herself a good place. Of course, none of these should surprise anyone who know anything about Victorian maids or read In Cap and Apron, not to mention Her Most Remarkable Performance!
Monday, February 13, 2017
More Reading Suggestions From My Virtual Shelf
Partially thanks to feedback from subscribers to my newsletter (please sign up here if you haven't already), I've gotten quite a number of reading suggestions from you, dear readers. Therefore, I've decided to share them back with the crowd. I've really expanded my reading list in the past few weeks with new names and new themes in downgrade and social drop fiction. I'd also forgotten to add some good stories in my previous message so will add them here.
There is a treasure's trove of unread material still waiting to be discovered. Here are some that I liked that may interest you as well.
(Disclaimer: I may earn a small commission for any purchases you make via Amazon affiliate e-book links. Your purchase will help me support this blog. Or I can just buy myself a cup of coffee if a lot of you buy something).
The Peculiar Passions of Lady Mag: A reader pointed me to this classic tale about three 18th century English ladies-in-waiting sold as slaves to the colonies. "White slavery" in historic settings is one of my favourite topics so if you like such stories as well I can heartily recommend this vintage erotica tale. The first link is to the paperback edition if you want to hold it in your hands, the electronic Kindle version is available as Book 1 and Book 2 (affiliate links).
Voice Adjustment: Monica Graz has recently completed her old multi-part story Adjusting His Voice and published it via Mags Inc. I can't recommend anything done by Monica enough so if you are a fan as well, this is a must read.
The Rape of The Statue: A great Ophelia Press tale of voluntary social degradation. Set in 1950s Paris, this Marjorie Carthwright novel is about a young female student who choses life as a streetwalker. A good girl turned into a hooker is another trope that I enjoy so I couldn't miss this one. There is also something about classic erotica that is often irresistible! Another reader suggestion.
There is a treasure's trove of unread material still waiting to be discovered. Here are some that I liked that may interest you as well.
(Disclaimer: I may earn a small commission for any purchases you make via Amazon affiliate e-book links. Your purchase will help me support this blog. Or I can just buy myself a cup of coffee if a lot of you buy something).
The Peculiar Passions of Lady Mag: A reader pointed me to this classic tale about three 18th century English ladies-in-waiting sold as slaves to the colonies. "White slavery" in historic settings is one of my favourite topics so if you like such stories as well I can heartily recommend this vintage erotica tale. The first link is to the paperback edition if you want to hold it in your hands, the electronic Kindle version is available as Book 1 and Book 2 (affiliate links).
Voice Adjustment: Monica Graz has recently completed her old multi-part story Adjusting His Voice and published it via Mags Inc. I can't recommend anything done by Monica enough so if you are a fan as well, this is a must read.
The Rape of The Statue: A great Ophelia Press tale of voluntary social degradation. Set in 1950s Paris, this Marjorie Carthwright novel is about a young female student who choses life as a streetwalker. A good girl turned into a hooker is another trope that I enjoy so I couldn't miss this one. There is also something about classic erotica that is often irresistible! Another reader suggestion.
Monday, January 16, 2017
My favorite stories. TG Edition.
An earlier post about my favorite transformation stories had been the most-read in the past month. So I decided to do a follow-up one, this time focusing on TG fiction. Readers of my newsletter know that I have a strange love-hate relationship with sex change stories for various reasons, but still I've enjoyed quite a few of them over the years. After all, there is quite a lot of overlap in social drop and downgrade themes in TG and lady2maid fiction.Here's a list of some of my favorites, both oldies and new ones I've recently discovered. Most are free, a few are ebooks you can purchase. (Disclaimer: I may earn a small commission for any purchases you make via Amazon affiliate e-book links. You purchase will help me support this blog.)
Little Brown Girl (affiliate link): this wonderful novel from Tom Tame was recently suggested to me by my Robyn Hoode. An aging business executive is transformed into a dark-skinned native girl and must serve his former wife as an immigrant servant maid. In a way, it is similar to Only A Baby Machine, which I've already recommended to my newsletter subscribers. The author's attention to psychological detail is impeccable. In short, this is one of the best maid and racial change stories I've read in recent years. Really well done.
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Expanding My Horizons
Dear all,
Can I ask you what other transformation-related websites and blogs you frequent other than this one? I am currently trying to boost my link page and feel than I am only scratching the surface. There must be a lot of other blogs that I should be following that I don't. Do you have any reading and linking suggestions? What websites, blogs or forums do you check out regularly? Please share in the comments section or drop me a line.
And yeah, don't forget to sign up for my newsletter if you haven't already. Watch this space in coming weeks for more lady-to-maid content.
Can I ask you what other transformation-related websites and blogs you frequent other than this one? I am currently trying to boost my link page and feel than I am only scratching the surface. There must be a lot of other blogs that I should be following that I don't. Do you have any reading and linking suggestions? What websites, blogs or forums do you check out regularly? Please share in the comments section or drop me a line.
And yeah, don't forget to sign up for my newsletter if you haven't already. Watch this space in coming weeks for more lady-to-maid content.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
My favorites: Other Stories
While I am polishing the next chapters of Her Most Remarkable Performance, here is a selection of some of my favorite stories that don't involve maids, but feature other types of female transformation and themes of social and cultural drop. Much of this is pretty old so chances are, if you have been following the genre, you may have read some or all of them. Still, I wanted to share the list with you, partially to get your reactions and other reading suggestions. The list is far from complete and I am sure I've forgotten something I really liked that I've read over the years.
Transformations I like are slow, often self-inflicted, involve reduced status and happen due to stupidity or bad luck rather that someone's evil intent per se. Although, of course, there is nothing wrong with an occasional evil character destroying other people's lives. The stories on this list range from relatively mild and mostly psychological to nasty and brutal and most feature non-consensual stuff so please be warned. In no particular order:
Transformations I like are slow, often self-inflicted, involve reduced status and happen due to stupidity or bad luck rather that someone's evil intent per se. Although, of course, there is nothing wrong with an occasional evil character destroying other people's lives. The stories on this list range from relatively mild and mostly psychological to nasty and brutal and most feature non-consensual stuff so please be warned. In no particular order:
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