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The classic erotic novel, THE STORY OF O relates the love of a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer for Rene. As part of that intense love, she demands debasement and severe sexual and pychological tests. It is a unique work not to be missed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24282 in Books
• Published on: 1992-01-01
• Released on: 1981-05-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 204 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780345301116
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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The classic erotic novel, THE STORY OF O relates the love of a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer for Rene. As part of that intense love, she demands debasement and severe sexual and pychological tests. It is a unique work not to be missed.

Customer Reviews

A classic erotic tale of complete submission.
This is a classic for a reason and the reason is because this thing is intense. And I don't throw that word around a lot. The Story of O begins with O meeting and falling for Sir Stephen. Well, at the chateau, that is. The story really draws the reader in with this romantic setting, but the end result is far from romantic, in my own opinion. This isn't neceassrily a love story, so if that's what you're looking for, I don't think you will find it here. Instead, it's about totally giving yourself over to another. And that's intense. If you want a darker story, stick with this home. However, if you are looking for lighter fare, try Breaking the Girl and Eager to Please: Two Erotic Novels of Submission, which is also about bdsm.

Powerful Eroticism That Is Timeless.
This is a unique and fascinating story of the unadulterated surrender of ones body mind and soul. That one, is a woman who is mysteriously named "O". .............. "O"s lover Rene, submits her to a strange house in which women are bound, blindfolded, and required to obediently do whatever they're told, for whomever tells them. The story is beautifully written, and really conjures up powerful mental images as you lose yourself in the story. I read this cover to cover on a three hour car ride, and it made the time pass far more quickly.Many debate over the authors true identity. Some think Pauline Reage is a man, but I can't understand why. There are so many details in this book that are clearly feelings of a woman, and the entire book is seemingly written from a womans point of view. I don't think a writer can fake that, especially in sexual matters.Of all the books I've read in the classic erotica realm, this is among my top favorites. It ranks up there with "Erotica" from Anais Nin, and the more humorous "Tropic..." classics of Henry Miller. However, "The Story Of O" is far more powerful than the aforementioned due to the bizarre deviance of the ... content. It's certainly not for everyone, but for those of us with an open mind, and a penchant for something wild and extraordinary, here's a story that will definitely satisfy in more ways than one.

Sex as spirituality
This novel could as easily be considered a story of spiritual exploration as that of sexual exploits. Every major world religion considers total submission of the self to a higher power to be a prerequisite to true spiritual fulfillment. Although the pretext for the relationship O experiences with Rene is a love affair, as the novel continues, it becomes clear that Rene is indoctrinating O into another type of existence, one in which how these two particular people relate to and feel about each other becomes increasingly secondary. What becomes primary to the student (who eventually surpasses her first teacher) is the belonging, not the identity of the master. Religions have long equated the relationship between mankind and the divine with the relationship between a woman and a man. The early Christian church was frequently referred to as "the Bride of Christ." And, just as a woman was expected to submit her will to her husband and their marriage, so was a Christian required to freely submit his or her will to that of God. O chooses the same kind of submission, just to a different degree, in a different context, but to the same end. She accepts the first, most basic premise of any religion. One must sacrifice the self, relinquish the entire identity, to something greater than the individual before spiritual fulfillment can be attained. As O drifts further away from what people would recognize as a normal existence, she becomes more ecstatic. She has left behind her old life, with its shallow pursuits of romantic attachments, and has devoted herself wholly to the new life she has chosen. She has been converted. Often, people are drawn to a religious organization by a charismatic individual (a preacher or teacher), as O was drawn to her life of submission by Rene. But as those serious about discovering truth eventually transcend the attachment to any one teacher or personality, so did O finally discover that it was a state of submission and ownership that gave her emotional satisfaction and a type of power, without respect to the identity of the owner.