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Pauline Réage

Born

in Rochefort-sur-Mer, France

September 23, 1907

Died

April 27, 1998

Influences

Marquis de Sade

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Fifty years ago, an extraordinary pornographic novel appeared in Paris. Published simultaneously in French and English, Story of O portrayed explicit scenes of bondage and violent penetration in spare, elegant prose, the purity of the writing making the novel seem reticent even as it dealt with demonic desire, with whips, masks and chains.

Pauline Réage, the author, was a pseudonym, and many people thought that the book could only have been written by a man. The writer's true identity was not revealed until 10 years ago, when, in an interview with John de St Jorre, a British journalist and some-time foreign correspondent of The Observer, an impeccably dressed 86-year-old intellectual called Dominique Aury (born Anne Desclos) acknowledged th ...more

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	Histoire d'O \| Story of O (Story of O, #1) by Pauline Réage, Sabine d'Estree (Translator) 3.30 avg rating — 20,986 ratings — published 1954 — 296 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return to the Chateau (Story of O #2) 3.13 avg rating — 922 ratings — published 1954 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of O (Graphic Novel Version) Volume 1 by Pauline Réage (Creator), Guido Crepax (Illustrator) 3.45 avg rating — 651 ratings — published 1975 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Histoire d'O [suivi de] Retour à Roissy 3.35 avg rating — 361 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Histoire d'O (Graphic Novel Version) Volume 2 by Pauline Réage, Éric Rochat, Guido Crepax 3.57 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1984 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confessions of O: conversations with Pauline Réage by Pauline Réage, Régine Deforges 3.58 avg rating — 50 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illustrated version of The Story of O by Pauline Réage, Doris Kloster (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 27 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Story of O (Graphic Novel Version) Volume 3 by Pauline Réage, Guido Crepax 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Story of O: A Novel by Pauline Réage, Sylvia Day (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Sabine d'Estree (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forbidden Older Younger Sex Tales: Mom's Lover, Big Rough, Alpha Male, Dirty City, Forbidden Taboo, Forbidden Arousing Bedtime Older Younger Dirty Story Bundle really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Keep me rather in this cage, and feed me sparingly, if you dare. Anything that brings me closer to illness and the edge of death makes me more faithful. It is only when you make me suffer that I feel safe and secure. You should never have agreed to be a god for me if you were afraid to assume the duties of a god, and we know that they are not as tender as all that. You have already seen me cry. Now you must learn to relish my tears.”
― Pauline Réage

tags: cage, cruelty, dark, faith, god, love, sacrifice, slavery, submission, suffering, undying-devotion, unfreedom

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“As a matter of fact," the other voice went on, "if you do tie her up from time to time, or whip her just a little, and she begins to like it, that’s no good either. You have to get past the pleasure stage, until you reach the stage of tears.”
― Pauline Réage, Histoire d'O | Story of O

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“Would she ever dare tell him that no pleasure, no joy, no figment of her imagination could ever compete with the happiness she felt at the way he used her with such utter freedom, at the notion that he could do anything with her, that there was no limit, no restriction in the manner with which, on her body, he might search for pleasure?”
― Pauline Réage, Story of O

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What frequently challenged or banned book (or book about censorship) for adults/with adult themes should we read in October and November 2013?

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

31 votes, 31.6%

Story Of O by Pauline Réage

12 votes, 12.2%

Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying by Derek Humphry

11 votes, 11.2%

Joseph Anton: A Memoir by Salman Rushdie

9 votes, 9.2%

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