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Story of O by Pauline Reage (1954)


Whatever he wanted of her she wanted too, solely because he was asking it of her.


Title : Story of O


Author: Pauline Reage


Date Published: 1954


Type: Classic / Romance



DESCRIPTION How far will a woman go to express her love? In this exquisite novel of passion and desire, the answer emerges through a daring exploration of the deepest bonds of sensual domination. “O” is a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer, determined to understand and prove her consuming devotion to her lover, René, through complete submission to his every whim, his every desire.


It is a journey of forbidden, dangerous choices that sweeps her through the secret gardens of the sexual underground. From the inner sanctum of a private club where willing women are schooled in the art of subjugation to the excruciating embraces of René’s friend Sir Stephen, O tests the outermost limits of pleasure. For as O discovers, true freedom lies in her pure and complete willingness to do anything for love.










PRAISE


The Story of O relates the progressive willful debasement of a young and beautiful Parisian fashion photographer, O, who wants nothing more than to be a slave to her lover, René. The test is severe—sexual in method, psychological in substance… The artistic interest here has

precisely to do with the use not only of erotic materials but also erotic

methods, the deliberate stimulation of the reader as a part of and means to a total, authentic literary experience. -New York Times













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