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Excerpt: ""I want to go home " How many times in my life, I wonder, have these words come rushing up from the very bottom of my heart, tumbling everything out of the way, never listening to reason, never stopping for thought? How many times since that dreary afternoon in the great, big drawing-room at grandmamma's? And, oh dear me what miserable heartache comes before that fearful want Oh, grown-up people, don't you know how sour everything tastes,...
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This brief pamphlet, also called 'The Tree of Life' was published in 1732. It is outrageously scatological but in a truly brilliant way. It is conceivable that some would read it and not realise what the subject of the story was (the male member), with its not too carefully disguised.
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The Power of Mesmerism is a classic Victorian erotic novel that was originally published in 1891. It contains graphic sexual descriptions and themes. This risqué fictional foray into the nineteenth-century boudoir will finally put to rest the age-old presumption that the period was frumpy and repressed. A must-read for fans of steamy Victoriana.
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Excerpt: "On going to my room to dress for dinner, I found a servant-girl engaged in making some of the arrangements which the change of apartments had necessitated. On my entrance she was going to leave the room, but seeing that she was a very nice-looking young girl, I said she need not run away in such a hurry, that surely she was not afraid of me. She gave me an arch look as if taking the measure of my capacities, and replied with a smile that...
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A narrator, Jack, recounts his sexual exploits in "The Snuggery," his sadomasochistic chamber.
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Duke Classics
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2012
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Skip those bland shades of gray and pay a visit to The Yellow Room instead. This erotic classic has the same strong themes of discipline and punishment, but without all the cheesy banter. The Yellow Room recounts the titillating tale of a beautiful young woman's sexual awakening at the hands of a harsh taskmaster on the grounds of a gorgeous country estate.
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"The Story of Jack and the Giants" by Anonymous. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
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"The Old Castle and Other Stories" by Anonymous. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
11) Man Abroad
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A fantastic classic science fiction tale from an anonymous late-19th century author. In a far-flung future, humanity has colonised the solar system. The story is set against a background of interplanetary war, with mighty electric spaceships riding the inter-system electric currents to battle in epic space warfare.
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The Diamond Sutra is one of the most valued and widely read philosophical works in Buddhist literature. It is very popular amongst ardent Buddhists in China, and excepting the Lotus of the Good Law, and the Leng-Yen-Ching, perhaps no other Sutra ascribed to Buddha, is regarded by the Chinese with so great esteem. In Japan, The Diamond Sutra appears to be perused extensively by what Max Müller termed the Shin-Gon sect, founded by Ko-Bo, a disciple...
13) The Lustful Turk
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The Lustful Turk is a pre-Victorian erotic novel written as a series of letters from the main female character, Emily Barlow. Abducted at sea by Moorish pirates, Emily is held captive in a harem in Algiers, where she experiences the awakening of her sexuality.
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14) Cindrella
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A collection of 53 stories from anonymous writers. Ideal for story-telling or reading to children.
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Excerpt: "On the following evening, when the family were, as usual, assembled together in the parlour, Mr. Fitzallan began his promised tale as follows: - "About twelve years ago, there was known at Boston, in North America, a boy, who, from the vagrant life he led, was distinguished by the degrading appellation of Dirty Barnaby. He had been maintained by the parish, but was so deformed, and of such a disgusting appearance, that no one would take...
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"How to Write a Novel: A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction" by Anonymous. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and...
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The Diamond Sutra is one of the most valued and widely read philosophical works in Buddhist literature. It is very popular amongst ardent Buddhists in China, and excepting the Lotus of the Good Law, and the Leng-Yen-Ching, perhaps no other Sutra ascribed to Buddha is regarded by the Chinese with so great esteem. In Japan, The Diamond Sutra appears to be perused extensively by what Max Müller termed the Shin-Gon sect, founded by Ko-Bo, a disciple...
18) The Irish War
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Irishmen who had recently immigrated to the United States were the chief source of labor for the construction of the Wabash-Erie Canal. Much strife among the canal workers stemmed from regional antagonisms in their homeland, and personal violence resulted on more than one occasion; the so-called "Irish War" was one such episode. David Burr, one of the canal commissioners, made the following report on the incident. It was printed as an Indiana state...
20) The History of the London Burkers Containing a Faithful and Authentic Account of the Horrid Acts
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Whatever may be said of the great advantages, arising to the community at large, from the march of intellect, which has almost become a bye-word for derision, it cannot be disputed, that daily experience teaches us, that in regard to the atrocity of crime, in its most appalling nature, instances have of late occurred of the most, unexampled extent and magnitude, and which cover us, with confusion and dismay. It would appear, in fact, that with the...