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The Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell (Wordsworth Classic Erotica) (Paperback)
by Guillaume Apollinaire (Author), Reaves Tessor (Translator)
3.5 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 137 pages
  • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd; New Ed edition (Jul 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1853266078
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853266072
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 152,686 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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The New Traveller's Companion Series, Number 34

Guillaume Apollinaire's account of a 15-year-old budding libertine's summer on the farm, where he congresses with maids, servants, passersby, an aunt and finally a sister,it is a classic unparalleled in its content, brevity and wit.

Apollinaire ranks among the most renowned French poets, dying of the Spanish flu after suffering grave injury in WWI. He's said to have been the curator of forbidden works at the Bibliothèque Nationale, studying intently the classics of 19th Century Erotica before trying his own hand at the material, and this book was among the very first titles Olympia published. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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This novel tells the story of the sexual awakening of the precocious Roger, during one summer at his family's chateau. His affairs include servant girls, his maiden aunt and both his sisters. It was written by the poet Guilaume Apollinaire when he was in desperate need of money.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The fantasy of youth!, 28 Jan 2000
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I'd think that every young man of the Rakehell's age would fantasise about this sort of situation - a country house full of willing women and girls, and a libido the size of the Louvre. It's very French in some of it's attitudes (armpit hair being sexy for example), but in a slim book virtually every sexual practice is explored...it can seem like the author is being precocious at times but is still an enjoyable romp. The ending is a slightly contrived "and they all lived happily ever after" but I don't think that detracts from the book, as it fits in with the overall tone.
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