Author Esquibel, Catrióna Rueda Publication year 1992 Collection New Perspectives on Women and Comedy Pages 123-133 Comment Being a necessarily brief discourse on the history of criticism of lesbian romance novels, an introduction to the regency romance, and a study of the verbal dynamics and romantic conventions in Pembroke Park, "the First Lesbian Regency Novel." (123) Topic lesbian romance LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Michelle Martin historical romance