Pierre Louÿs

A bestselling author in his time, Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925) was a friend of, and influence on, André Gide, Paul Valéry, Oscar Wilde and Stephane Mallarmé among others. He achieved instant notoriety with Aphrodite and The Songs of Bilitis, but it was only after his death that Louÿs' true legacy was to be discovered: nearly 900 pounds of erotic manuscripts were found in his home, all of them immediately scattered among collectors and many subsequently lost. Since then, it has become clear that Louÿs is the greatest French writer of erotica there ever was. The Young Girl's Handbook of Good Manners was the first of his erotic manuscripts to see publication, and it also remains his most outrageous--an erotic classic in which humor takes precedence over arousal. By means of shockingly filthy advice--ostensibly offered "for use in educational establishments"--couched in a hilariously parodic admonitory tone, Louÿs turns late-nineteenth-century manners roundly on their head, with ass prominently skyward. Whether offering rules for etiquette in church, school or home, or outlining a girl's duties toward family, neighbor or God, Louÿs manages to mock every institution and leave no taboo unsullied. The Young Girl's Handbook of Good Manners has only grown more scandalous and subversive since its first appearance in 1926.

For Use in Educational Establishments

The Young Girl's Handbook of Good Manners

The Disclosure Referencer brings together all relevant UK legislation, codes, rules, regulations, protocols, and case law relating to the disclosure of evidence and materials in criminal proceedings both at the Crown and Magistrates level. The book allows the reader to see where duties lie and how best those duties can be fulfilled for each type of criminal cases in the UK. The Disclosure Referencer can be used as a daily reference tool that immediately enables the practitioner to identify the rules and regulations which are relevant to each stage of the investigation and process. It follows the course of a criminal investigation from the initial complaint through to the conclusion of the trial so that the reader fully understands the process by way of checklists and references to the relevant case laws and materials. The book enables all the parties involved - police, solicitors, barristers, etc. - to understand clearly their role and the processes involved. Failures in the proper application of the disclosure process by the prosecution and the defense are often responsible for the miscarriage of justice. The book makes a significant contribution by assisting the prosecution in understanding better their responsibilities and the defense in understanding how their changing obligations fits into the disclosure structure. (Series: Criminal Practice)

The Songs of Bilitis

Du bon usage d’un col de cygne lubrique par une nymphe accueillante.

Lêda

Manual de Civilidade para Meninas e de Uso nas Escolas

costumi antichi

Aphrodite

If it was Pierre Louÿs' intention to emulate the libertine works of the Marquis De Sade with this unbelievably salacious tale then he certainly succeeded. Following the exploits of our young narrator as he conquers one young lady only to be introduced to her two sisters and debauched mother, we learn of how Ricette, Charlotte, and Lili came to prostituted by their mother, the manner of their training and their numerous physical encounters. Now it is second nature to the trio to satisfy themselves in all manner of libidinous deed and device without restraint or modesty. And how surprised our young protagonist will be when he learns that the only way they can reach the highest peaks of ecstasy is through that most narrow of apertures. From group-menages to scenes too lewd for description, bisexual tribadism to rear-side gamahuching, nothing is left to the imagine, all told in wonderfully graphic and visceral prose. In the great tradition of Victorian erotic works such as Green Girls and Grushenka, also available from Locus Elm Press, Three Daughters of their Mother is a fine addition to any collection of the once suppressed. Definitely not one for those of weak disposition or faint of heart. Due warning herewith given.

Three Daughters of Their Mother

Presenting a fascinating collection of the most beloved works by French poet and writer Pierre Louÿs. He was most famous for following lesbian and classical themes in his writings. Louÿs is celebrated as a writer who aimed to "express pagan sensuality with stylistic perfection." Contents include: Woman and Puppet The New Pleasure Byblis Lêda Immortal Love The Artist Triumphant The Hill of Horsel

Woman and Puppet, Etc

Andy Adams

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Gertrude Stein

Hugh Walpole

Mór Jókai

Arthur Quiller-Couch

Henry Handel Richardson

B. M. Bower

Richard Middleton

This book contains 70 short stories from 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Mór Jókai:Thirteen at Table. The Celestial Slingers. The Bad Old Times. The Hostile Skulls. Love And The Little Dog. The Justice Of Soliman – A Turkish Story. The Compulsory Diversion—An Old Baron's Yarn. - Andy Adams:Drifting North. Siegerman's Per Cent. "Bad Medicine". A Winter Round-Up. A College Vagabond. The Double Trail. Rangering. - B. M. Bower:The Lonesome Trail. First Aid To Cupid. When The Cook Fell Ill. The Lamb. The Spirit of the Range. The Reveler. The Unheavenly Twins - Richard Middleton:The Ghost Ship. A Drama of Youth. The New Boy. On the Brighton Road. A Tragedy in Little. Sheperd's Boy. The Passing of Edward. - Pierre Louÿs:Woman and Puppy. The New Pleasure. Byblis. Leda. Immortal Love. The Artist Triumphant. The Hill Of Horsel. - Hugh Walpole:The Whistle. The Silver Mask The Staircase. A carnation for an old man. Tarnhelm Mr. Oddy. Seashore Macabre. - Henry Handel Richardson:The End of a Childhood. The Bathe. Succedaneum. Mary Christina. "And Women Must Weep". Sister Ann. The Coat. - Gertrude Stein:Ada. Miss furr and Miss Skeen. France. Americans. Italians. A Sweet Tail. In the Grass. - E. Phillips Oppenheim:The Noxious Gift. Traske and the Bracelet. The Atruscan Silver mine. The Defeat of Rundermere. The End of John Dykes—Burglar. A Woman Intervenes. The Regeneration of Jacobs. - Arthur Wuiller-Couch:I Saw Three Ships. The Haunted Dragoon. A Blue Pantomime. The Two Householders. The Disenchantment of 'Lizabeth. The Laird's Luck. Captain Dick and Captain Jacka.

Big Book of Best Short Stories: Volume 12

Malgré la réserve et la modestie de mes exercices amoureux comme de mon langage, mes scrupules de moraliste ne vont pas jusqu'à m'interdire de baiser une mère sur sa fille et de déflorer ensuite la fille sur la mère. Pierre Louÿs.

Trois filles de leur mère

James Cleugh

Sanguines ... Translated by James Cleugh

Aphrodite, Goddess of Love

Émile Zola

Guy de Maupassant

Honoré de Balzac

Théophile Gautier

This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers. The theme of this edition is: France. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Guy de Maupassant: - The Necklace - Mademoiselle Fifi - Miss Harriet - My Uncle Jules - Boule de Suif - The Wreck - The Hand - Émile Zola: - Captain Burle - The Miller's Daughter - Jean Gourdon's Four Days - The Fete At Coqueville - The Flood - Death of Olivier Becaille - Nana - Pierre Louÿs: - Woman and Puppy. - The New Pleasure. - Byblis. - Leda. - Immortal Love. - The Artist Triumphant. - The Hill Of Horsel. - Theóphile Gautier: - Clarimonde - The Mummy's Foot - One Of Cleopatra's Night - Omphale: A Rococo Story - King Candaules - Arria Marcella - The Romance of a Mummy - Honoré de Balzac: - The Red Inn - El Verdugo - The Atheist's Mass - La Grande Bretèche - The Elixir of Life - Study of a Woman - Domestic Peace

Specials - France

Big Book of Best Short Stories

Alexandre Dupouy

Une collection de portraits de Pierre Louÿs (1892-1914)

Le cul de la femme

First presented as miraculously rediscovered Greek erotic poetry, the Songs of Bilitis were infact the work of French author Pierre Louÿs - nevertheless, they were acclaimed for their sensual style and beauty. The frank depictions of lesbianism in the context of classical Greece were a marriage of two trends popular in late 19th century France. Homosexuality in literature was a novel subject hitherto considered tantalizing and taboo, while the artistic and aesthetic culture of antiquity received homage from several realms of creativity. Louÿs offers a frank presentation of a lesbian couple in Greece, embarking on a journey of sexual discovery and enjoyment tempered by the traumatic experiences of Bilitis. Through her sexuality, Bilitis is shown to mature emotionally, her lesbianism proving a catalyst for physical and mental change. The transience of love and sexual experience, the wisdom gained from her indulgence, and the emotive depth of passion, longing and eventual estrangement construct the essence of Louÿs' personal, expressive growth. Popular with audiences and the lesbian community for decades, this 1926 English edition of the Songs of Bilitis contains 30 illustrations by Willy Pogany.

Erotic Poetry in the Ancient Greek Form, Depicting Lesbianism and Illustrated in Neoclassical Art Deco Style

Eleanor H. Porter

Francis Marion Crawford

Arnold Bennett

Margaret Oliphant

Kenneth Grahame

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

John Buchan

Anthony Hope

Alice Duer Miller

A. E. W. Mason

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Edward Bellamy

Otis Adelbert Kline

Fitz James O'Brien

Barry Pain

Flora Annie Steel

Amelia B. Edwards

John Ulrich Giesy

S. Baring-Gould

Charlotte Riddell

Gilbert Parker

Julian Hawthorne

Frank Richard Stockton

Jacques Futrelle

William Pett Ridge

H. and E. Heron

Daniil Kharms

Ella D'Arcy

Ethel Richardson

Bertha Sinclair

Valery Bryusov

Gertrude Bennett

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford

Elizabeth Garver Jordan

Richard Austin Freeman

Leonard Merrick

Ethel Watts Mumford

Anne O'Hagan Shinn

Frank Lucius Packard

E.F. Benson

This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: - Sheridan Le Fanu - H. and E. Heron - Charlotte Riddell - Flora Annie Steel - Amelia B. Edwards - Margaret Oliphant - Edward Bellamy - Arnold Bennett - S. Baring-Gould - Daniil Kharms - E.F. Benson - John Buchan - Ella D'Arcy - Jacques Futrelle - Frank Richard Stockton - John Kendrick Bangs - Kenneth Grahame - Julian Hawthorne - A. E. W. Mason - Richard Middleton - Pierre Louÿs - Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole - Ethel Richardson - Gertrude Stein - E. Phillips Oppenheim - Arthur Quiller-Couch - Mór Jókai - Andy Adams - Bertha Sinclair - Fitz James O'Brien - Eleanor H. Porter - Valery Bryusov - John Ulrich Giesy - Otis Adelbert Kline - Paul Laurence Dunbar - Frank Lucius Packard - Barry Pain - Gertrude Bennett - Francis Marion Crawford - William Pett Ridge - Gilbert Parker - Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford - Elizabeth Garver Jordan - Richard Austin Freeman - Alice Duer Miller - Leonard Merrick - Anthony Hope - Ethel Watts Mumford - Anne O'Hagan Shinn - B. M. Bower

Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 3

In Spain the Carnival does not finish, as in France, at eight o’clock on the morning of Ash Wednesday. Over the wonderful gaiety of Seville the memory that “dust we are,” etc., spreads its odour of sepulture for four days only, and the first Sunday of Lent all the Carnival reawakens. It is the Domingo de Pinatas, or the Sunday of Marmites, the Grand Fête. All the populous town has changed its costume, and one sees in the streets rags and tatters of red, blue, green, yellow or rose, that have been mosquito-nets, curtains or women’s garments, all waving in the sunlight and carried by a small body of ragamuffins. The youngsters, noisy, many-coloured and masked, push their way through the crowd of great personages. At the windows one sees pressed forward innumerable brunette heads. Nearly all the young girls of the countryside are in Seville on such a day as this. Paper confetti fall as a coloured rain, fans shade and protect pretty powdered faces, there are cries, appeals and laughter in the narrow streets. A few thousands of people make more noise on this day of Carnival than would the whole of Paris. But, on the twenty-third of February in eighteen hundred and ninety-six, André Stévenol saw the end of the Carnival approaching with a slight feeling of vexation, for the week, although essentially one of love-affairs, had not brought him any new adventure. Some previous sojourning in Spain had taught him with what quickness and freedom of the heart the knots of friendship were tied and untied in this still primitive land. He was depressed at the thought that chance and circumstance had not favoured him. He had had a long paper battle with one young girl. They had fought and teased each other with the serpentine strips of Carnival time, he in the street, she at a window. She ran down and gave him a little red bouquet with “Many thanks, sir.” But, alas! she had fled quickly, and at closer view illusions fled also. André put the flower in his coat, but did not put the giver in his memory. Four o’clock sounded from many clocks. He went by way of the Calle Rodrigo and gained the Delicias, Champs-Elysées of shading trees along the immense Guadalquivir thronged with vessels. It was there that unrolled the Carnival of the elegant. At Seville the leisured class cannot always afford three good meals per day, but would rather go without them than without the outside show of a landau and two fine horses. Seville has hundreds of carriages, often old-fashioned but made beautiful by their horses, and occupied by people of noble race and face. André Stévenol made a way with difficulty through the crowd edging the two sides of the vast dusty avenue. The battle of eggs was on. Eggshells filled with paper confetti were being thrown into the carriages, and thrown back, of course. André filled his pockets with eggs and fought with spirit. The stream of carriages filed past—carriages full of women, lovers, families, children, or friends. The game had lasted an hour when André felt in his pocket his last egg.

Woman and Puppet: The New Pleasure; Byblis; Lêda; Immortal Love; The Artist Triumphant; The Hill of Horsel

Willy Pogány

Alvah Cecil Bessie

These passionate verses were published in 1894 as the lost works of a disciple of Sappho. Although debunked as a work of antiquity, they remain an erotic celebration of sexual freedom. This hardcover edition features a translation from the original French edition, annotations, and more than 160 sensual illustrations by Willy Pogány. Contains adult material.

Pierre Louÿs

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