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by Anonymous (Author), James R. Kincaid (Author, Editor), Richard Tithecott (Author, Editor)
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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Dutton / Signet; Reprint edition (April 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0451526023
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451526021
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.4 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 982,591 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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My Secret Life is perhaps the most infamous of all underground Victorian erotica. It is the sexual memoir of a well-to-do gentleman of Victorian England, who began, at an early age, to keep a diary of his erotic behaviour. He continues this record for over forty years, creating, in the process, a unique social and psychological document. Its complete and detailed description of the hidden side of life in the nineteenth century furnishes materials for the understanding of the Victorian age that cannot be duplicated in any other source. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 stars This book brought me to my own Age of Enlightenment, 26 Nov 1998
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A leatherbound edition came into my hands when I was thirteen - and I was in rural Philippines. (I now live in Australia.) I do not know how the book came to my part of the world, but it surely opened my sexual horizons. Being a non-English speaker, I found a lot of the terms alien to me, but gradually learned their meanings. The book brought me to new heights of pleasure, and ushered me into my own Age of Enlightenment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars erotic reading, 18 Feb 2001
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Apart from a reference to under age sex in a chapter, which i am not happy about, this book is very erotic and like most people i read this book when my parents left it laying around !! I was about 14 very handy !!! If you like erotic reading then this is for you. I really like the old victorian words for descriptions of various body parts and functions, they dont make em like "pego" any more. this book is well worth a read, just wish i had had half of walters adventures.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Victorian naughtiness at it's best., 14 Aug 1998
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This book is suppose to be autobiographical, and if true shows an interesting side to Victorian sexual mores. While reading this book remember that the Victorians covered chair legs for modesty reasons, and therefore the writings are quite explicit for that time period. I enjoy My Secret Life every time I go back to it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Truly representative writing
I have read volumes 1-4 of this book and have not been sucessful in locating any more. (There are supposed to be 12 volumes) What amazes me are the women in this book! Read more
Published on 3 Nov 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars For a 14 year old 31 yrs ago it was the best.
I first read My secret Life 31 years ago. I read it twice that summer and kept it 10 years. I donated it to an organization with an extensive erotic library. Read more
Published on 17 Aug 1997

2.0 out of 5 stars the writing was very raw, the stories were boring
using straight and direct words for sexual experience would soon make you bore to death like watching XXX rated movies,since every page almost with all the same words. Read more
Published on 31 Jul 1997

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