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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 843.912 EAN: 9780345301116 Edition: 27th Printing ISBN: 0345301110 Label: Ballantine Books Manufacturer: Ballantine Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 204 Publication Date: January 01, 1992 Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: May 12, 1981 Studio: Ballantine Books Editorial Review: Product Description: The classic erotic novel, THE STORY OF O relates the love of a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer for Rene. As part of that intense love, she demands debasement and severe sexual and pychological tests. It is a unique work not to be missed. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Whips up controversyIt's hard to decide of the book lives up to the considerable hype that surrounds it. Many people on here moan about the debasement that O subjects herself to, but this book is her story, and the interest lies in her motivation for undergoing such treatment for someone who ultimately appears to give her very little back in return, emotionally. O is an ostensibly successful independent woman and that persona is seemingly at odds with the one that she turns into at Roissy. Which is possibly ... Read More Rating:  - An aberrationThis story is horrible, disgusting, filthy, dehumanizing. An aberration, a perfect depiction of evil. It's good for what it shows about what evil is and what evil cand do to a human soul. I'm not one for censorship; let people think, write, read, do as they want when not in violation of the law or the rights of others, but also let people call things for what they are. And, as someone wrote on another review, if you have felt guilty for having wanted to subject another human being to ... Read More Rating:  - Liberated Me from my Guilt over Wanting to Hurt WomenThis is perhaps the best book I've ever read. For years I have had fantasies of torturing and abusing women. I used to feel guilty about this. But after reading this masterpiece, I now realize that women actually want to be tortured and abused, even if they cry and resist at first. It must be something inherent to the entire gender, I guess? Anyways, the good news is I no longer feel guilty. Thanks, Pauline Reage! You've changed my life. Rating: - Where deSade left off ..."O" takes us on a journey through the darkest parts of the female sexual beast: her hunger, her lust, and her desire to connect with her darker hidden self through the flesh of another. From a woman's point of view "O" takes strides into the private spaces of a woman's mind, spaces even most modern women will not dare to go. This story has an eerie depth to it. Filled with horrific torture, and yet, what is done to the body pales in comparison to what an obsessive love can ... Read More Rating: - Is it hot in here?Maybe not for everyone, but this is one incredible story. Anyone interested in dominance and submission must read this. |
