Pauline Réage

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born

in Rochefort-sur-Mer, France

September 23, 1927

died

April 27, 1998

gender

female

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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Pauline Réage's Books

Average rating: 3.42 · 7,335 ratings · 723 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors

	Story of O by Pauline Réage, Sabine d'Estree (Translator) 3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 6,884 ratings — published 1954 — 66 editions	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: A Novel 3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 1969 — 9 editions	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 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 56 ratings — 3 editions	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 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 29 ratings — 5 editions	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
	História de O 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	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
	Historia de O 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Povestea lui O 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Volume 1(Graphic Novel) by Guido Crepax, Pauline Réage 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	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 Illustrated Story Of O by Doris Kloster, Pauline Réage 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings	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, Volume 2 (Graphic Novel) by Guido Crepax, Pauline Réage 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	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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Story of O (2 books)
by Pauline Réage
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Quotes by Pauline Réage

“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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“To say that from the moment her lover had left, O began to await his return would be an understatement. She turned into pure vigil, darkness in waiting expectation of light.”
― Pauline Réage

tags: story-of-o

12 people liked it

“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, Story of O

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