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Story Of O

byPauline Réage

The bestselling French erotic romance

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The classic French erotic bestseller that preceded Fifty Shades of Grey

A beautiful young French woman, known only as ‘O’, is taken by her lover René to a splendid mansion near Paris. Here, she is initiated into an elite secret society, where she must learn to serve the sexual fantasies of René and his fellow members. But she must also explore the nature of her own darkest desires – and confront just how far she is willing to go for love…

"'A rare thing, a pornographic book well written and without a trace of obscenity'

Graham Greene

About Pauline Réage

Pauline Réage is the pseudonym of Anne Desclos, a French journalist and novelist. Story of O was first published in 1954, to much controversy and speculation as to the identity of the author. Desclos publicly admitted that she was the author of Story of O forty years after it was first published. She died in 1998.
Details
  • Series: Story of O #1
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • ISBN: 9780552089302
  • Length: 288 pages
  • Dimensions: 199mm x 19mm x 128mm
  • Weight: 201g
  • Price: £9.99
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