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Harper Perennial Forbidden Classics - The Pearl Paperback – 19 Jan 2009

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Product details

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial (19 Jan. 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007300387
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007300389
  • Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 2.3 x 17.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 628,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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‘The Pearl’s’ authors remain anonymous, yet these serialised extracts are a strong example of the sexual adventures contained within this subterranean erotic journal.

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4.0 out of 5 starsPhew!
By Thirty five on 9 July 2011
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
The book contains issues of the Pearl magazine. I found it difficult to read because the book is organised by issue. Therefore, you read the first issue and get part 1 of the stories, then have to read the second issue to get part two of the stories and so on. I found it difficult to separate the stories as a result and because they were similar. There are numerous poems, limericks and songs etc interspersed with the stories but I found these incomprehensible at times.

The grammar is supposed to be that of the 1880's but I found it was a mix of Victorian style dialogue and some modern words - perhaps the latter stem from the Victorian times.

All the stories are similar, containing detailed debauchery mainly involving underage [for modern times] sex with each other or their significant elders, incest, same sex, and anal. The graphic nature of the stories was a surprise but they are well written and with very little foul language.

I would have given this book 5 stars for the stories themselves as they are excellent. However, I dock one star for the way the book is laid out, which made it more difficult for me to red over a period of time, and the Victorian verbiage.
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4.0 out of 5 starsFun, outrageous, stimulating look at sex in the 90s (1790s)
By A Customer on 4 Aug. 1998
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.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Gentleman's Relish
By M. Dowden HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 13 Feb. 2009
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.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent Erotica and Victoriana
By A Customer on 9 July 1998
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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5.0 out of 5 starsVery erotic, more imaginative than any contemporary writing
By A Customer on 11 Feb. 1999
Format: Paperback
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. It certainly blows away all the stereotypes we have of sexually repressed Victorian society. And can also be seen as a lesson to all those pesudo-moralists who seek to return to C19 values. This writing was actually published at the time and consumed vorociously by its readers. And its certainly stood the test of time.
Its only downside is, with most writing of this nature, its all written from the male perspective. However, whatever your gender, if you enjoy a saucy read - this is the book for you!
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1.0 out of 5 starsYou can get it cheaper!
By Happy2bwriting on 26 Feb. 2013
Format: Kindle Edition
The book is great - but you can get the Kindle edition far far cheaper than the price they are asking here. Don't be stung! This one's available for a couple of quid.THE PEARL
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