{"product_id":"histoire-do","title":"Histoire D'O - Pauline Réage","description":"\u003cp\u003eRÉAGE, Pauline. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistoire d'O. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSecond printing of 1000 copies. 8vo. Paper wraps. Original French text. Paris: Sceaux, 1954. \u003cbr\u003eWraps a little foxed. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA handsome French edition of the ultimate erotic novel \u003cem\u003eStory of O\u003c\/em\u003e. The author of \u003cem\u003eO\u003c\/em\u003e Anne Desclos, who published under the pseudonym Pauline Réage, chose not to reveal herself until forty years after the initial publication. Desclos began writing the novel as a series of love letters to her lover Jean Paulhan who admired the work of the Marquis de Sade. \u003cem\u003eHistoire D'O\u003c\/em\u003e became a hugely influential work not least as an example of a woman writing so candidly on themes of love, dominance and submission. In 1955 \u003cem\u003eStory of O\u003c\/em\u003e won the Prix des Deux Magots but the French authorities still brought obscenity charges against the publisher soon after. This is the second printing released in 1954. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tenderbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55321748898169,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/8029\/files\/Tenderbooks_4b89a1fa-32e4-4a8a-869f-511bc715a9f2.jpg?v=1749572954","url":"https:\/\/tenderbooks.live\/products\/histoire-do","provider":"Tenderbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}