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Fictions Of Pleasure
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Author : Alistaire Tallent
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2023-12-15
Fictions Of Pleasure written by Alistaire Tallent and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Out of the libertine literary tradition of eighteenth-century France emerged over a dozen memoir novels of female libertines who eagerly take up sex work as a means of escape from the patriarchal control of fathers and husbands to pursue pleasure, wealth, and personal independence outside the private, domestic sphere. In these anonymously published novels, the heroines proudly declare themselves prostitutes, or putains, and use the desire they arouse, the professional skills they develop, and the network of female friends they create to exploit, humiliate, and financially ruin wealthy and powerful men. In pursuing their desires, the putains challenge contemporary notions of womanhood and expose the injustices of ancien-régime France. Until the French Revolution spelled the end of the genre, these novels proposed not only an appealing libertine utopia in which libertine women enjoy the same benefits as their male counterparts but also entirely new ways of looking at systems of power, gender, and sexuality.
Perfect Pleasure Complete Series
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Author : Lucia Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Wild Hearts Romance
Release Date : 2021-11-12
Perfect Pleasure Complete Series written by Lucia Jordan and has been published by Wild Hearts Romance this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-12 with Fiction categories.
After her fiancé leaves her, Lorilee’s life is left in shambles—no job, no home, no wedding. But with the honeymoon already paid for, she decides to use that time away to put the pieces of her life back together. Will a couple weeks in a tropical paradise prove to be just what she needs, or will it take the arms of an erotically cunning gentleman to get her life back on track?
In The Box Called Pleasure
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Author : Kim Addonizio
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 1999
In The Box Called Pleasure written by Kim Addonizio and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Fiction categories.
These gutsy post-feminist urban tales present characters teetering on the edge. The bizarre and unrestrained stories include uncaring and absent lovers, lifestyles of overzealous drinking and smoking, and overwhelming feelings of loneliness.
The House Of Pleasure
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Author : Jess Michaels
language : en
Publisher: The Passionate Pen
Release Date : 2019-11-12
The House Of Pleasure written by Jess Michaels and has been published by The Passionate Pen this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-12 with Fiction categories.
A new scandal sheet from USA Today Bestseller Jess Michaels!!! Miss Hannah Blankenship's awful father has finally done what he's threatened to do for years: arrange a marriage for her. And she's certain she knows the man he's chosen, a disgusting viscount even older than he is! She only knows one way to end this horrible engagement and that is to get rid of the innocence that has been the bartering point. So she goes to a hell, looking for trouble. Duncan Cavendish is at the hell trying to drink his own trouble away. As the second son of an earl, he has very little control over his future. His brother has demanded he settle down in order to inherit and now Duncan is stuck. But the alluring stranger who takes him to her bed helps him forget...and makes him want. But when Hannah realized it is Duncan, himself, who is her intended, she is shocked. The two decide to marry so that Duncan may get his money and Hannah her freedom. But their searing attraction may lead to feelings neither prepared for. And leave them both wondering if their mutual insistence to stay at arm's length is truly the best course of action. Novella Length
Exotic Pleasures
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Author : Peter Carey
language : en
Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia)
Release Date : 1980
Exotic Pleasures written by Peter Carey and has been published by University of Queensland Press(Australia) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Australia categories.
Originally published in 1980, this collection of ten short stories includes two of the author's best known: TThe Fat Man in History' (1974) and TWar Crimes' (1979). Winner of the Booker Prize, Miles Franklin and National Book Council awards, among others, Carey is the author of the novels TBliss' and TOscar and Lucinda'.
This Is Pleasure
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Author : Mary Gaitskill
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 2019-11-05
This Is Pleasure written by Mary Gaitskill and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-05 with Fiction categories.
Starting with Bad Behavior in the 1980s, Mary Gaitskill has been writing about gender relations with searing, even prophetic honesty. In This Is Pleasure, she considers our present moment through the lens of a particular #MeToo incident. The effervescent, well-dressed Quin, a successful book editor and fixture on the New York arts scene, has been accused of repeated unforgivable transgressions toward women in his orbit. But are they unforgivable? And who has the right to forgive him? To Quin’s friend Margot, the wrongdoing is less clear. Alternating Quin’s and Margot’s voices and perspectives, Gaitskill creates a nuanced tragicomedy, one that reveals her characters as whole persons—hurtful and hurting, infuriating and touching, and always deeply recognizable. Gaitskill has said that fiction is the only way that she could approach this subject because it is too emotionally faceted to treat in the more rational essay form. Her compliment to her characters—and to her readers—is that they are unvarnished and real. Her belief in our ability to understand them, even when we don’t always admire them, is a gesture of humanity from one of our greatest contemporary writers.
An Apprenticeship Or The Book Of Pleasures
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Author : Clarice Lispector
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2021-04-06
An Apprenticeship Or The Book Of Pleasures written by Clarice Lispector and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-06 with Fiction categories.
'One of the very great writers of the last century' Guardian 'Lispector had an ability to write as though no one had ever written before' Colm Tóibín 'He'd wait for her, she knew that now. Until she learned' Lóri yearns for love yet is scared of herself, and of connecting with another human. When she meets Ulisses, a Professor of Philosophy, she is forced to confront her fears. As both of them will learn, to be worthy of another person, they must first be fully themselves. The book of which Clarice Lispector said, 'I humanized myself', An Apprenticeship is about the ultimate unknowability of the other in a relationship, and what it means to love and be loved. Translated by Stefan Tobler Edited by Benjamin Moser with an Afterword by Sheila Heti
The Pleasure Of Reading
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Author : Eric Macfarlane
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2019-07-23
The Pleasure Of Reading written by Eric Macfarlane and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-23 with Fiction categories.
The Pleasure of Reading reflects on the joys of owning and reading books. It looks at the situations that lead people to become keen readers and the ways in which parents and teachers can encourage children’s love of stories. It is critical of traditional methods of studying literature that deter many children from regarding reading as a pleasurable activity. The book also looks at the interests and passions that motivate novelists and the wide range of subjects on which they choose to write, the kind of stories they tell, the themes that they explore and the skill with which they handle their plots, characters and settings. Particular attention is given to the novelist’s role as a protester against injustice, persecution and the abuse of power.
The Pleasure Slave
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Author : Jan Irving
language : en
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date : 2010-01-12
The Pleasure Slave written by Jan Irving and has been published by Dreamspinner Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-12 with Fiction categories.
Lucius Mettelus Carbo, once a legate on the rise in the Roman army, rescues a beautiful young prostitute, Varick, who immediately stirs him. However, Lucius doesn't believe anyone could want him, a man cursed by the gods with an ugly, twisted leg. He resists his attraction to the pleasure slave as they forge a tempestuous relationship, and Varick tries to convince Lucius that he desires his master despite the injury. Both men are fighting their fears as they strive toward a future together... a future in the shadow of the volcano Mount Vesuvius.
The City Of Pleasure By Arnold Bennett
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Author : Arnold Bennett
language : en
Publisher:
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The City Of Pleasure By Arnold Bennett written by Arnold Bennett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.