Emmanuelle II

Emmanuelle II - Paperback

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Emmanuelle II
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Emmanuelle II - Paperback

Emmanuelle II - Paperback

by Emmanuelle Arsan
$20.00
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Book Overview

Emmanuelle is, alongside Story of O, a classic book of erotica and the most famous French underground novel of the late twentieth century and a work of seductive literary merit. Emmanuelle II continues the story of an unforgettable woman, a happy sensualist, whose unusual erotic experimentation explores the philosophy of sexuality in a novel of literary and philosophical merit.

The beautiful heroine's initiation into the ecstasies of love are here set against the exotic background of Thailand, where she easily moves from the attentions of a handsome Siamese prince at an elegant soiree to the dark ante-chamber of a Buddhist temple to learn how the vow of celibacy can be cleverly circumvented by a venerable old monk.

A sensual delight, Emmanuelle II succeeds, like few novels before it, in pushing the philosophy of eroticism to the frontiers of myth. This is one of the few erotic novels of ideas since Sade. Its exploration of delightful fantasy transformed into exquisite fulfillment makes this one of the finest erotic novels every published. It is as pertinent today as it was four decades ago.
ISBN9780802122360
Author Emmanuelle Arsan
PublisherGrove Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2014
LanguageENG- English
Pages325
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Emmanuelle II

Emmanuelle II - Paperback

Emmanuelle II - Paperback

By Emmanuelle Arsan

About Emmanuelle Arsan

Emmanuelle Arsan is the pseudonym of Marayat and Louis Jacques Rollet-Andriane. Emmanuelle was initially revealed to be written by Marayat, in order to conceal the identity of her husband, a French diplomat stationed in Thailand. Several more novels were published under the Emmanuelle Arsan moniker, including Emmanuelle II. Lowell Bair (translator) translated Madame Bovary, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Phantom of the Opera, among many other novels.

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