Pierre Louys

Jean-Paul Goujon

Aphrodite

Classic French erotica by the extremely prolific Louys. Susan Sontag, so recently deceased, described this book as one of the handful of erotic works that achieve true literary status. The She-Devils is the story of a young man who one day finds himself in the company of a family of whores, mother and three daughters, each of the younger ones more decadent than the last. Oft-reprinted work first translated in 1958 by the Ophelia Press.

The She-Devils

Adriana Pfleger

seguido de Manual de educación y buenos modales para jovencitas

Diálogo de cortesanas

Κλασική ερωτική νουβέλα η οποία μεταφέρθηκε πολλές φορές στον κινηματογράφο με πρωταγωνίστριες μεταξύ άλλων τη Μαρλέν Ντίτριχ και την Μπριζίτ Μπαρντό.

Η γυναίκα και το νευρόσπαστο

Aphrodite Pierre Louys - On the heels of Bilitis, Pierre Louys published his first novel, Aphrodite in 1896. It was a bestseller, selling 350,000 copies, sealing Louys' reputation as a popular author of erotic literature. Set in Ptolemaic Alexandria, Louys' decadent, sensual vision of Egypt in classical times tells a story of transgressive love. The sculptor Demetrios, the favorite of Queen Berenice, falls for a well-to-do courtesan, Chrysis. Much of the story is set in the world of the courtesans, a realm of beauty, luxury, sapphic indulgence, and some dark shadows as well.

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