This edition presents classic erotic masterpieces that delve into the realm of forbidden desires and concealed passions. These stories champion sexual fulfillment and candor within relationships during an era when such openness was socially prohibited. Some of these memoirs and novels were published anonymously, which provided authors the liberty to boldly explore and expose the deepest sexual desires and different ways of true fulfillment. These works continue to represent a symbol of sexual liberation and ongoing pursuit of satisfaction.
The collection includes:
Memoirs of Fanny Hill (John Cleland)
My Secret Life (Anonymous)
The Autobiography Of A Flea (Anonymous)
Gamiani, or Two Passionate Nights (Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay)
The Power of Mesmerism (Anonymous)
The Romance of Lust (Anonymous)
A Story of My Life (Giacomo Casanova)
The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser (Aubrey Beardsley)
Teleny (Oscar Wilde)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Love in Excess (Eliza Haywood)
The Lustful Turk (Anonymous)
A Night in a Moorish Harem (Anonymous)
Marie Grubbe, a Lady of the Seventeenth Century (J. P. Jacobsen)
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos de Laclos)
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Venus in Furs (Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch)
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
The Indiscreet Toys (Denis Diderot)