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  • The Amorous Adventures of a Lady of Quality

    Or The Weaknesses of a Pretty Woman

    by M.L. Laurent-Tailhade ...
    Better-quality translation from the early 1950s. The original French work was one of those "Galante" novels, focusing heavily on all the very intimate details that earlier works might have glossed over or left out entirely. The supposed author wrote one other title (forthcoming), and this book has a sequel of sorts. ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

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  • Justine

    by Marquis de Sade ...
    Series series Harper Perennial Forbidden Classics
    ‘Justine’ was the Marquis de Sade's first novella, written in 1787, whilst imprisoned for two weeks in the Bastille. Although published anonymously, de Sade was eventually indicted for blasphemy and obscenity (without trial) for the authorship of ‘Justine’ at the behest of Napoleon Bonaparte.Who suffers in the pursuit of desire?The Countess de Lorsange reveals her history, in a tavern, to a young ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Justine

    by Marquis De Sade ...
    Series series Momentum Classic Erotica
    Written in jail by the literary inventor of "sadism" comes a riveting story of sexual aberration.Justine takes place in France at the cusp of the French Revolution. It follows the story of a criminal, Justine, who is telling the story of her life before being executed. Her tale involves exile, torture, and sexual slavery. After enduring an onslaught of rape and violence, the virtuous Justine ... Read more

    $8.17 CAD

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  • Les Diaboliques

    The She-Devils

    by Barbey d'Aurevilly ...
    First published in 1874 Les Diaboliques caused an uproar and all the copies were seized on the orders of the Ministry of Justice as the book was a danger to public morality. Scandal made the book an immediate success. One hundred and thirty years later it is now firmly established as a classic and studied in French schools. "The book is a celebration of the seven deadly vices and shows no ... Read more

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  • The Adventures of Father Silas

    by Beauregard De Farniente ...
    A classic of pre-revolutionary France, this novel examines the inside of a monastery, and offered not a little criticism of false pieties from the clerical regime. Olympia republished this work in the earlier days of the Traveller's Companion, it is believed but not assured that Austryn Wainhouse was the translator. ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • The Duchesse de Langeais

    by Honore de Balzac ...
    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • MANON LESCAUT

    by Abbé Prévost ...
    Manon Lescaut (L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut) is a short novel by French author Abbé Prévost. Published in 1731, it is the seventh and final volume of Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité (Memoirs and Adventures of a Man of Quality). It was controversial in its time and was banned in France upon publication. Despite this, it became very popular and pirated editions ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD

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  • Best Sex Stories

    From Casanova’s Daughter to Venus in Furs

    by Anais Miller ...
    Best Sex Stories - From Casanova’ Daughter to Venus in Furs, brings together tales of sensuous encounters and passionate loves. Edited by legendary Anais Miller, tales of both fiction and biographical erotic stories are gathered together for this special edition. From Casanova's intimately detailed escapades to thrilling intensity of Justine's adventures of lust, discovery and intensity in jaw ... Read more

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  • Justine: or The Misfortunes of Virtue

    by de Sade ...
    Series series Wordsworth Classic Erotica
    The Wordsworth Erotica Collection includes some ofthe finest Victorian and Edwardian examples of the genre.About this book:Justine, the most celebratedof the novels of the Marquis de Sade, was written in three versions. Thistranslation is taken from the first version- and unlike the other two is a gemof eighteenth century literature. Widely execrated by de Sade's contemporaries andby modern Mrs ... Read more

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  • Sarrasine

    by Clara Bell, Honoré de Balzac ...
    I was buried in one of those profound reveries to which everybody, even a frivolous man, is subject in the midst of the most uproarious festivities. The clock on the Elysee-Bourbon had just struck midnight. Seated in a window recess and concealed behind the undulating folds of a curtain of watered silk, I was able to contemplate at my leisure the garden of the mansion at which I was passing the ... Read more

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  • The Amorous Adventures of a Gentleman of Quality

    being the history of the Handsome Chevalier de Biron

    by Fernand Kolney ...
    Sequel, of sorts to Lady of Quality. About a young man sampling the myriad delights of sex with both genders in Paris. Again a better translation from the early 1950s. ... Read more

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  • The Lily of the Valley (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Romance Novel

    by Honoré de Balzac, Stellan Hatherley ...
    Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley ...
    The Lily of the Valley is one of Balzac's most searching studies of desire disciplined by conscience. Framed as Félix de Vandenesse's confession to a later beloved, the novel recounts his formative attachment to the married Henriette de Mortsauf in the pastoral valley of the Indre. Its style blends Romantic lyricism, psychological analysis, and the dense social observation characteristic of La ... Read more

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