Author: Henry Spencer AshbeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Erotic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Catena Librorum Tacendorum
Author: Henry Spencer AshbeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Erotic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
An Essay on Woman, a Poem
Author: Typographical Antiquities; Or The History of Printing in England Scotland and Ireland:
Author: Joseph AmesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Don Leon
Author: George Gordon Byron Baron ByronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs
Author: John DavenportPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752320354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs by John Davenport
61 Pimlico
Author: Henry HaylerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Mademoiselle Giraud
Author: Adolphe BelotPublisher: Mint Editions
ISBN: 9781513208787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Mademoiselle Giraud, My Wife (1870) is a novel by Adolphe Belot. Written at the height of his career as a popular playwright, the novel proved immensely popular and caused a stir with its depiction of homosexuality. Recognized today as an important work of French literature and in the history of sexuality, Mademoiselle Giraud, My Wife is a highly original, frequently funny, and ultimately tragic work of fiction from an underappreciated writer of nineteenth century France. Having forged a life of success and financial security for himself as a businessman, Adrien returns to Paris to find a wife. Singularly obsessed with tying his fate to a respectable woman, he finds himself struggling to remain realistic in his standards. Just when he thinks he will remain a bachelor for the rest of his days, Adrien meets the beautiful Paule Giraud, a friend of the influential Countess Berthe de Blangy. After a brief courtship, he marries Giraud only to find himself rejected in the bedroom. As he succumbs to jealousy and suspicion, Adrien becomes abusive and petulant, eventually leaving his wife in Paris for the city of Nice. There, he meets the Count de Blangy, who reveals to the unsuspecting husband the secret of his wife's sexual habits: for years, she has engaged in a lesbian affair with her friend Berthe. Enraged and dumbfounded, Adrien hatches a plan with the Count to separate their wives and punish them for their sexual deviancy. Tragic and scandalous, Mademoiselle Giraud, My Wife was a bestselling story of homosexuality told from the point of view of an author who clearly possessed his society's reprehensibly oppressive views on sex and gender. Regardless, Belot's novel remains an important landmark in the historical representation of homosexuality in literature. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Adolphe Belot's Mademoiselle Giraud, My Wife is a classic work of French literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Dark Side of New York Life and Its Criminal Classes
Author: Gustav LeningVenus School-mistress
Author: The Decameron
Author: Giovanni BoccaccioPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486149463
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A group of escapees from plague-ridden Florence pass the time by telling tales of romance in this landmark of medieval literature. Features 25 of the original 100 stories. J. M. Rigg translation.