- Paperback: 656 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books; Reissue edition (Sep 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345410041
- ISBN-13: 978-0345410047
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 14.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 857,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Lady Pokingham’ and ‘La Rose d’Amour’ are taken from ‘The Pearl’ (A Magazine of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading), which was first published between 1879 and 1880 and revelled unashamedly in its reputation for salubrious gossip from the upper echelons of society.
Are there really two sides to every story?
Follow the story of Beatrice in Volume One, ‘Lady Pokingham’, where sordid adventures in the sexual underworld are commonplace, and virginal fantasies, flagellation and Catholic guilt manifest into streams of erotic poetry.
In Volume Two, ‘La Rose d'Amour’, a young man is influenced by his lusty young cousins, who invite him to join an illicit club of debauchery and brandy-saturated orgies, where pearl necklaces and see-through negligees are the only dress codes required.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.About the Author
‘The Pearl’s’ authors remain anonymous, yet these serialised extracts are a strong example of the sexual adventures contained within this subterranean erotic journal.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I received this book many years ago as a 21st birthday present from my aunt. What a book!! It takes a fun approach to sex. Who knows when it was really written; it probably doesn't matter. All I know is that the friends that I've given copies to, have reported that their sex lives have greatly improved and that they laugh alot more now.
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Warning:- If you are easily offended do not read this review, and definitely do not buy this book.
This book contains two novellas taken from that infamous and now defunct magazine The Pearl (eighteen issues published between 1879-80). The first tale is Lady Pokingham (who indeed loves to be poked). The story is her memoir which she writes as she lies dying from Consumption, and contains scenes of uderage sex, hetero, sapphic, and gay. With orgies and lots of flagellation we also have incest and a secret Catholic sisterhood who service the clergy and by the use of depravity seduce powerful men into Catholicism. Indeed this is a heady brew to keep you more than interseted.
The second tale is La Rose D'Amour. In this a young man is introduced to sex when his cousins come and stay. When he returns to Paris with them they iniate him into an exclusive club where orgies take place admist its opulent surroundings. Here our hero, Louis becomes fascinated to an extent with the exotic East, as so many did at that time. He decides to create his own seraglio and recruits women to be his playthings, he also travels to Constantinople to buy women and eunuchs, etc. Whilst there he also abducts women which he also does in Spain. There is some underage sex and sodomy along with sapphic love in this tale; what will offend many is the abduction and drugging of women so that he can rape them.
If you have an interest in the erotic genre through the centuries this will be a must have, indeed if you are interested in the fin de siecle you will probably also enjoy these two tales. This book will never be mainstream but if you are a 'discerning' gentleman and can put aside thoughts of morality and law you may find this book great escapism.
This book contains two novellas taken from that infamous and now defunct magazine The Pearl (eighteen issues published between 1879-80). The first tale is Lady Pokingham (who indeed loves to be poked). The story is her memoir which she writes as she lies dying from Consumption, and contains scenes of uderage sex, hetero, sapphic, and gay. With orgies and lots of flagellation we also have incest and a secret Catholic sisterhood who service the clergy and by the use of depravity seduce powerful men into Catholicism. Indeed this is a heady brew to keep you more than interseted.
The second tale is La Rose D'Amour. In this a young man is introduced to sex when his cousins come and stay. When he returns to Paris with them they iniate him into an exclusive club where orgies take place admist its opulent surroundings. Here our hero, Louis becomes fascinated to an extent with the exotic East, as so many did at that time. He decides to create his own seraglio and recruits women to be his playthings, he also travels to Constantinople to buy women and eunuchs, etc. Whilst there he also abducts women which he also does in Spain. There is some underage sex and sodomy along with sapphic love in this tale; what will offend many is the abduction and drugging of women so that he can rape them.
If you have an interest in the erotic genre through the centuries this will be a must have, indeed if you are interested in the fin de siecle you will probably also enjoy these two tales. This book will never be mainstream but if you are a 'discerning' gentleman and can put aside thoughts of morality and law you may find this book great escapism.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Contains humourous verses, short stories and longer stroies in the style of the mainstream magazines of the day. There is also poetry [of sorts] that will make you chuckle and blush. Who wrote these for the Pearl at the time is open to conjecture, but it is all very good, and to have it in one volume is nirvana. A rattling good read!
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Phew!
The book contains issues of the Pearl magazine. I found it difficult to read because the book is organised by issue. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Thirty five
Very erotic, more imaginative than any contemporary writing
Made up of a selection of stories and poems, there is definetely something for very taste here. With the added advantage of being written in the C19, which gives an extra twist. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 1999
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