My Secret Life
by Walter, James R. Kincaid
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You will read few books as bizarre as this one. It's the multi-volume memoir of an anonymous "Victorian gentleman," recounting his prodigious sexual exploits with a bewildering variety of partners -- ranging from whores to little girls to young men to aristocratic ladies -- and the weird thing is, it's way too weird to be firmly shelved on the "Victorian Porn" shelf, a la "The Pearl." It's too compulsive, too fixated on inconsequential detail to be serving the pri...more
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Read in January, 2004
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I found this raunchy little number at a bookstore in Paris' Quartier Latin. If I remember correctly, it chronicles the many and various sexual exploits of a Victorian bachelor as he makes the rounds at all the posh resorts in Europe. It's graphic to the point of technical, and quickly gets tedious, although one quickie encounter with a sailor and a prostitute in a muddy alley stands out as particularly funny and original. I didn't finish the book, but sold it in Prague because it made me feel...more
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Dirtiest book I've ever read. I read it for school. Seriously raunchy. A Victorian erotic diary. There's a longer version available (though the full version is like 12,000 volumes-- this man was BUSY).
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dirty, dirty, dirty. victorian smut at its best. supposedly true exploits of a victorian gentlemen as he seduces and pays every woman he comes in contact with. good companion with erotomania, the story behind the man they are pretty sure is the author of my secret life.
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classic erotica fans
I went through this phase in high school where I read a great deal of classic erotica. This was one of them. Wow. All in all, though, I preferred "Story of O" or "Lady Chatterley's Lover".
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Read in January, 1976
I have a boxed grove press version of this given to me by a born-again who probably didn't want to touch it again.
It's no better or worse than others of its ilk.
It's no better or worse than others of its ilk.
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Read in January, 2008
Somewhat more perverse than DeSade, reasonably fascinating...
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