A classic of pre-revolutionary France, this novel examines the inside of a monastery, and offered not a little criticism of false pieties from the clerical regime. Olympia republished this work in the earlier days of the Traveller's Companion, it is believed but not assured that Austryn Wainhouse was the translator.

The Adventures of Father Silas by Beauregard de Farniente is a historical erotic novel, originally published anonymously in 1741 and translated by George Carrington in 1897. The story follows Father Silas, a young man naive to sexual matters, whose fascination with sex stems from witnessing a clandestine encounter between his nursemaid and Father Ambrose. Silas's desire to experience physical pleasure before entering the seminary and embracing celibacy drives the narrative. He finds himsel...

A classic of pre-revolutionary France, this novel examines the inside of a monastery, and offered not a little criticism of false pieties from the clerical regime. Olympia republished this work in the earlier days of the Traveller's Companion, it is believed but not assured that Austryn Wainhouse was the translator.

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.

"The Way of a Man with a Maid" tells the story of a young maid named Alice who becomes involved in a series of increasingly explicit sexual encounters with a man known as Jack. The novel explores various themes of power dynamics, dominance, and submission.The narrative focuses on the exploration of BDSM (bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, and masochism) and contains explicit and detailed descriptions of sexual activities. It delves into the psychological and physical dynam...

Normally Jason greatly enjoyed his families annual summer vacation in Newport. But with his father dying of cancer it's hard to enjoy anything these days.On the first day Jason's father tells him he has to promise to take care of his beautiful mother, Cynthia. Jason agrees, but then his father shocks him by saying he wants Jason to do more than care of her, he wants him to become her new lover.

Charles Devereaux or " Captain Charles Devereaux" is a pseudonym believed to most likely belong to Major Crommelin Henry Ricketts, who retired from the 5th Cavalry Regiment (Madras Staff Corps) in 1871 after 21 years of service. With a rich multicultural background, Deveraux brings authenticity to his stories filled with sensations. The erotic novel "Venus in India," also known as "Love Adventures in Hindustan," was originally published in...

With the discovery of The Pearl, Pleasure Bound and The Loves of a Musical Student, the previously suppressed of underground Victorian and Edwardian literature has been exposed to our scrutiny. Yvonne is one such classic plucked from the abundant treasure-rove.The charming, enthusiastic heroine is taken in hand by her understanding and knowledgeable mentor and governess, Miss Mary. Together, the two ladies study the art of love and science of botany under the considerate tutelage o...

After years of absence, Jennie has finally returned to the house in which she was raised. To her surprise, what she finds is not the innocent childhood home that she left, but a place replete with possibilities for pleasure. Variously coy and domineering, Jennie indulges in her most elaborate fancies. What ensues is a series of sexual excesses that Jennie never imagined would happen in her own home.

In only the last two years in America has a marketplace developed for the interchange of ideas, experiences, and fantasies in the sexual area. Consequently, much literary material, previously hidden and or suppressed, has come to light. In particular, Victorian fiction has been uncovered that shows those people were human after all (how, we might have wondered, did they ever manage to make babies in all that stuffiness!)A Ravished Maid, recently gotten from a private colle...

I told her of the cause of her own symptoms. I gradually explained their effects, and without shocking her modesty, I contrived to hint at the remedy... I saw that she was so innocent as to be ignorant of my purpose, and burning with lust I determined to take advantage of her inexperience, and to be the first to teach her that intoxicating lesson of pleasure which, like all roses, is not plucked without a thorn.Being fully familiar with the female anatomy,...

Shortly before the French revolution of 1789 our Captain and narrator's Dragoon regiment kept garrison in the city of Le Mans. The officers, being taken in by some of the noblest and richest of houses of the city, soon began to play that age old game of cuckoldry, playing their patrons for fools as the rakes took the lewdest of liberties with their wives.Perhaps more scandalous was the fact that the women, ignored and thus unsatisfied by said husbands, desperate for the basest of p...