Title:
Erotic stories
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Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Physical Description:
374 pages ; 19 cm.
ISBN:
9780375712395
Abstract:
"A treasury of amorous tales from around the world, ranging from ancient Greek myths to modern stories of longing and lust."--Front jacket flap.
Contents:
Daphnis and Chloe [excerpt] / Longus -- Colette looks back / Michèle Roberts -- Tipping the velvet [excerpt] / Sarah Waters -- Les liaisons dangereuses [excerpt] / Choderlos de Laclos -- Decameron [excerpt] / Giovanni Boccaccio -- Thought waves / Elizabeth Speller -- The fermata [excerpt] / Nicholson Baker -- The golden ass [excerpt] / Apuleius -- My world of the unknown / Alifa Rifaat -- Misha / Angelica Jacob -- Dr Woolacott / E.M. Forster -- The story of O [excerpt] / Pauline Réage -- Gordon [excerpt] / Edith Templeton -- Venus in furs [excerpt] / Leopold von Sacher-Masoch -- Idyll / Guy de Maupassant -- My little girl / Edith Wharton -- Marcel / Anaïs Nin -- The beautiful indifference / Sarah Hall -- Getting hurt [excerpt] / Andrew Davies -- The key [excerpt] / Junichirō Tanizaki -- The lady with the dog / Anton Chekhov -- Lady Chatterley's lover [excerpt] / D.H. Lawrence -- Forced use / Allan Gurganus -- Nightlight / Hanif Kureishi.
Language:
English
