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title: "3 Rowan Pelling Quotes - Famous Journalist (The decadent handbook)"
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# Rowan Pelling

(1968)   Journalist   United Kingdom

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Rowan Pelling is a journalist from the United Kingdom, best known for *The decadent handbook*.

## Quick Facts About Rowan Pelling

Born January 17, 1968

Nationality United Kingdom

Profession Journalist

Notable works The decadent handbook

## About Rowan Pelling

Rowan Dorothy Pelling is a British journalist, who first achieved note as the editor of a monthly literary/erotic magazine, the Erotic Review.

##  Quotes by Rowan Pelling

> [When I was editor of the Erotic Review I fielded endless phone calls from elderly readers who thought I might like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-pelling/when-i-was-editor-of-the-erotic-review-i-fielded-endless-phone-calls/)

[Rowan Pelling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-pelling/)

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/638/rowan-pelling-74513_books_when-i-was-editor-of-the-erotic-review-i_1385526.jpg)

> [In practice, you realise that most attempts to feed your baby in a public space will be met with subtle but palpable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-pelling/in-practice-you-realise-that-most-attempts-to-feed-your-baby-in-a/)

[Rowan Pelling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-pelling/)

[Anxious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxious/)

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> [If my university years taught me anything, it was that the smarter a woman's background, the more primitive her bedchamber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-pelling/if-my-university-years-taught-me-anything-it-was-that-the-smarter-a/)

[Rowan Pelling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-pelling/)

[Backgrounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/backgrounds/)

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