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The Dirty Bits for Girls (Hardcover)

by India Knight (Editor)
4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd (2 Nov 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844081699
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844081691
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 128,414 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'What a brilliant idea ... her intro is priceless, not to mention chapter titles such as "Hot Lezzy Action" ... a must-buy' EVE 'Fab... super sexy' COMPANY 'Drawing on the remembered furtive thrills of her under-the-covers boarding school reading, India Knight has compiled an anthology of literary dirty bits, introducing them with frankness and humour' MARIE CLAIRE

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'One day someone came back from half-term with Delta of Venus, by Anais Nin...Well. Well. The book briskly did the rounds, getting tattier and tattier with each reading. Mouths dropped open in shock. Eyes popped with disbelief. Did people really...Did men really want to ...?' Edited and introduced by India Knight, The Dirty Bits - for girls is an unmissable collection. From zipless action in Fear of Flying to jolly romps with Jilly Cooper; from transgressions with a priest in The Thorn Birds to mischief with Mellors; from a gentle first encounter with 'Ralph' in Forever to anything and everything but gentle in The Story of O. Even Keats, Chaucer and Shakespeare are up for no good. These are the stories that taught us about sex, volumes pilfered from our parents' bookshelves, books passed girl to girl, hidden in desks, whispered and wondered about.

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75 of 84 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars romantic and fabulous, 1 Dec 2006
The Dirty Bits made me smile from start to finish, with nostalgia for my schooldays, for the days before porn and internet sex were mainstream, and at such an evocative, ballsy, essentially romantic selection of snippets. Each extract made me want to revisit the books they were taken from - indeed, have just Amazon-ed a few of them - and, oddly enough, made me feel all Christmassy. Maybe because I curled up with the book with Radio 6 in the background and a glass of wine. It's that kind of book.

Totally blissful bathtime reading, completely self-indulgent and spirit-lifting in the lightest, best possible way.
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47 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ten years too young, but the principle remains the same, 21 Jan 2007
I attended an all-girl grammar school some ten years before India Knight started her teenage quest for smut, and therefore a number of her chosen texts - all those 70's bonkbusters, for example - came ... er ... were written too late to enliven my schooldays, but the principle remains the same. Our school's 'dirty bits' reading consisted of much of the oeuvre of Sir Richard Burton, thanks to whom I have never been able to hear the innocent word 'member' with a straight face. India Knight evidently missed this experience. Other titles, however, we have very much in common: dear Constance Chatterley and her flower arranging, Fanny Hill and her parade of mighty engines and, of course, the frankly scary 'O', exposure to whom at a tender age put me off S&M for life. How joyous it is to know that dirty-minded little girls remain exactly the same down all the ages. I do hope that today's tender innocents aren't too busy watching YouTube and playing with their Bratz dolls at least to open a dictionary now and again and look up all the rude words. It would be terrible to think of this fine tradition dying out.

A note for the second edition - 'Fanny Hill'? Written in 1749. That would be how the Georgians did it, India dear, not the Victorians. Boarding school history not all it's cracked up to be?

Ha. 'Crack.' Does one ever get over being 13, I wonder?
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book!, 30 Jan 2007
I think this is one of the best books out on the market today! It's got loads of fabulous stuff inside that can make a girl blush and squirm! It is the ultimate in female reading and should NOT be passed up by anyone!! I also liked "Playtime" (by Kim Corum) and any Nancy Friday book for the same reasons!

Highly recommended! Get it today!!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
I bought this thinking it was a naughty summer read for my beach holiday. Got bored during the introduction. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I was a teenager (all girls grammar school) in the 70s and we too had 'dirty' books doing the rounds. Read more
Published on 26 April 2007 by Carrie Bremmer

5.0 out of 5 stars Another gem from India
I am biased because I just love India Knight's style of writing. In this book she captures that whole essence of giggling school girls swapping books for the sexy bits... Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2007 by Mary Plain

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