Seduction

by Anonymous

An aristocratic young virgin's initiation into the delights of the flesh. When she reaches sexual maturity, beautiful Mademoiselle Claire de Messange finds herself prey to the hands (and mouths) of the entire Château, not least by Gabrielle, the experienced and lubricious maid with a penchant for anal sex. A modern translation of a French 'bon bourgeois' erotic novel, set in the Valley of the Loire, Séduction was first published in France in 1908."It offers an amusing contrast to Alain-Fournier's lyrical Le Grand Meaulnes, written five years later on the eve of the First World both novels evoke a spirit of youthful innocence and the pangs of first love in a romantic setting. There, perhaps, the similarity ends."

129 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2003

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Reviews

[Tim Pendry · Rating 3 out of 5]

A 1908 French erotic ‘novel’ set in a leisured milieu at the turn of the last century and chronicling the sexual discoveries of young aristocrats by themselves and through the agency of a lascivious maid.

Well written to begin with and a suitable fantasy for older men who would have liked such leisure and pleasure themselves, it runs out of steam towards the end.

There are only so many permutations of ‘innocent’ sex and we have, as always, the repetitions, like incantations, of names of intimate body parts that show a lack of imagination.

There is no plot of consequence but a genuine languid eroticism gives pleasure even if a constant theme is that the pleasures seem to require some forceful agency. Blackmail is no bar in this respect.

The illustrations of Sylvie Jones are to the point and match the text.