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The story of O / Pauline Reage ; with an essay by Jean Paulhan.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PQ2678.E2 H513 1959
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Réage, Pauline, 1907-1998.
- Series:
- Traveller's companion series (Paris, France) ; no. 44.
- The Traveller's companion series ; no. 44
- Standardized Title:
- Histoire d'O. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Sadomasochism--Fiction.
- Sadomasochism.
- Erotic stories, French.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 214 pages ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : Olympia Press, 1959.
- Summary:
- The Story of O is the story a woman whose love for a man leads her to increasingly submissive behaviour - allowing herself to be sexually used, violently beaten, and physically mutilated, which releases her independence of thought, and eventually causes her to abandon her individual identity. As O's submission deepens and becomes more extreme, the novel simultaneously deepens its thematic explorations of the relationship between surrender and freedom, the nature and demands of love, and the spiritual aspects of sexual desire.
- Notes:
- A slaves' revolt : an essay on the story of O / Jean Paulhan, p. [197]-214.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
- OCLC:
- 2551372
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