Raunchy Wordplay
This scandalous little work appeared in France under the title “Letter to La Présidente.” Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) was a novelist and poet, one of the champions of Romanticism. In 1850, he and...
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Pihla, a beautiful journalist from Helsinki, is on an assignment to cover subterranean sex scenes across Europe. Although detached from the decadence she witnesses, Pihla needs a respite, and checks...
View ArticleWatch Out! — Here Comes Jean-Fucque!
A Born-Again Surrealist Classic Inspired by Louis Aragon’s obscure surrealist text, this new adaptation by R J Dent proudly presents… [insert drumroll] the one and only, Jean-Fucque Le Cocque, a...
View ArticleA RAUNCHY SUMMER FANTASY FROM FRANCE
A FISH FROM ELSEWHERE Eléa follows a strange fish and is thrown into a provocative realm of unabashed sexual gratification. Faced with evading the grip of the law, escaping the intoxicating clutches...
View ArticleALL IN THE FAMILY . . .
“Louÿs’s jolly saga of sexual insatiability…is one of the handful of erotic works that achieve true literary status.” — Susan Sontag “Among all Pierre Louÿs’s books, this is undoubtedly my favourite,...
View ArticleMAD SCATTER
Forthcoming Titles: Let’s Not Hit Each OtherAlphonse AllaisHer Three DaughtersPierre Louÿs Capital of PainPaul Éluard Night Dreams: A Poem for Two Voices and a Secret PianoCéline Arnauld
View ArticleMIND YOUR MANNERS
Pierre Louÿs wrote this scandalous and salacious satirical work in 1917, yet it wasn’t published until 1926, after his death. Originally titled Manuel de civilité pour les petites filles à l’usage des...
View ArticleLOVE IS IN THE AIR
Originally published in 1894 under the title Les Chansons de Bilitis, this provocative collection of poetry was purportedly translated from the Ancient Greek but was, in fact, the product of the...
View ArticleWatch Out! — Here Comes Jean-Fucque!
A Born-Again Surrealist Classic Inspired by Louis Aragon’s obscure surrealist text, this new adaptation by R J Dent proudly presents… [insert drumroll] the one and only, Jean-Fucque Le Cocque, a...
View ArticleBANNED IN FRANCE
Charles Baudelaire’s decadent erotic poems caused a scandal when they first appeared in 1857. Both author and publisher were prosecuted for unveiling works that were “an insult to public decency,” and...
View ArticleSADE STRIKES AGAIN!
The merry Marquis de Sade is back with another witty chapbook in our Pocket Erotica series. The Self-Made Cuckold, translated from the French by RJ Dent, follows in the footsteps of the author’s...
View ArticleFootloose at Last
Le chemin vers le cœur d’une femme passe par ses pieds. “…the woman’s foot or shoe is a talisman, a charm endowed with magical powers of seduction, that exerts supernatural control over men and...
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Lawrence Hamilton has selected spicy excerpts from an anonymous English translation of Denis Diderot‘s satiric libertine novel, Les Bijoux Indiscrets (The Indiscreet Toys, 1749). Our edition, titled...
View ArticleLADIES FIRST…
“…In Behn’s novels, women too can embrace the previously masculinized pleasures of power. In The Fair Jilt, the heroine Miranda pursues the most extreme forms of libertinism as she seduces a series of...
View ArticleHIGHER EDUCATION
It’s back to school with #7 in our Pocket Erotica series…another extended excerpt (over 170 pages!) from Nicolas Chorier‘s libertine novel, L’Academie des dames, translated from the French by Amandine...
View ArticleBANNED BY AMAZON
Une galerie d’érotisme is a titillating visual gallery of erotic art featuring rare illustrations, ranging from charming and humorous sketches to graphic depictions of human sexuality. These...
View ArticleJourney to Parts Unknown
“…her valleys are like Eden, her hills like Lebanon, her springs as Pisgah, and her rivers as Jordan; that she is a paradise of pleasure and garden of delight.” This satirical travelogue was first...
View ArticleRead My Lips . . .
Lawrence Hamilton has selected spicy excerpts from an anonymous English translation of Denis Diderot‘s satiric libertine novel, Les Bijoux Indiscrets (The Indiscreet Toys, 1749). Our edition, titled...
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