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Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies - A regularly-published book of reviews of the prostitutes of late 18th century London (www.exclassics.com)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris%27s_List_of_Covent_Garden_Ladies

Just a warning, some of them are pretty depressing:

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Not just at that time. Plenty of desperate people still turn to prostitution.