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Beatrice von Gordon Grimley
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CliffordDorset | 1 weitere Rezension | Dec 3, 2010 | A beautifully illustrated hardcover reprint of a classic erotic novel produced by the late, and very much lamented Erotic Print Society as part of their Scarlet Library series. This seems to be an exquisite indulgence of personal fantasies, first published anonymously in 1982 by a highly literate and capable writer who was a managing director at Penthouse and an expert in Victorian erotica. A disgraced young lady in what seems to be the late nineteenth or early twentieth century is handed over to a dubious 'Aunt' and 'Uncle' for initiation into a variety of elaborate and naughty erotic rituals. A great deal of corporal punishment and sex, straight and sapphic, is on the curriculum for our heroine, before she emerges into a dominant role. Lynn Paula Russell's illustrations must be some of the best that she ever produced, with none of the awkwardness that, to my mind, mars her earlier work. Chunky English roses in ruffles and boots, having their posteriors elegantly rendered even more rosy - the image of our heroine in her bloomers and chemise, prone and ready on a rocking horse, is a particular favorite. The breathless, 'poetic' style certainly won't appeal to everybody, and borders on the Surrealist at times, but for me it all adds to the fever-dream atmosphere of the piece. I imagine it read aloud in the plummy upper-class tones of a depraved ex-public schoolgirl (Nigella? Mariella? Joanna?), reveling in every moment of the rudery. It would make a fabulous audio book!
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LordBangholm | 1 weitere Rezension | Jul 26, 2010 | Extracts from: The Pearl, A Night in a Moorish Harem, Randiana, The Merry Order of St Bridget, Maidenhead Stories, letters from Three Maids, Rosa Rogers, The Voluptuous Night, The New Ladies' Tickler, Eveline, the Romance of Lust, Rose Fielding, Sheaves from an Old Escritoire, The Simple Tale of Susan Aked, Sadopaideia, the Bagnio Miscellany.
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CliffordDorset | 1 weitere Rezension | Feb 22, 2009 | Gekennzeichnet
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