The 'swapping' is interesting. This practice one had thought confined to certain earnest Americans in the smaller, more tedious cities, to those wives and husbands who had read sex manuals and radically wanted more of life even if it had to be, like pizza, brought in from around the corner--all of this was accomplished by Bloomsbury in the lightest, most spontaneous and good-natured manner. Elizabeth Hardwick
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In the book "The Bloomsbury Set" by Roger Luckhurst, the author talks about how a family of posh English writers from the early 20th century adopted a communal lifestyle. In this way, they were able to have sex with each other without any significant repercussions on their marriages.

Source: Seduction And Betrayal: Women And Literature

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