The Pearl

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Summary: Something For Everyone
Review: Enticing, erotic, sensual, and sometimes unusual. I would have never dreamed that a book I accidently came across many years ago would be so, so, so .... For a black girl in America, I definately found the collection different.

Rating:
Summary: Great read!!!
Review: I first read this book when I was a teenager, and I found it be to such a good book that I kept it under my mattress to be read every night at bedtime! It was thrown away sometime during my growing up years and I have been looking for it ever since. Imagine finding it now, after all these years!! If you like Victorian erotica, and you don't mind reading segmented accounts of sadomasochism and animalism [(sex with animals)], then this is the book for you! Highly recommend reading this.

Rating:
Summary: A Classic
Review: I read this book was I was a teenager - I kept it hidden in my room and would read it quite a bit. I lost it about ten years ago in a move and am so happy to find it online. I definitely recommend it. It's dirty and fun! There's something for everyone in this book.

Rating:
Summary: Great read!!!
Review: Keeping in mind that this book purports to be a collection of genuine Victorian erotic journals, I found it to be rather tedious in its length and repetitiveness. In reading it, I received the impression that it was written to appeal to those who are attracted to the concept of "naughty" (as opposed to erotic) literature. In the late 1800's, I suppose that "The Pearl" was the height of forbidden writing.

The 18 journals are described as being composed of "serialised novels, lewd short stories, gossip of the day, letters from readers, licentious limericks and naughty jokes". At over 600 pages, I was well and truly bored before I was halfway through. The novels and short stories contain extremely repetitive themes. For example, there are only so many ways of describing a scene of someone being whipped with a birch.

The language used throughout is very similar and appears to be the work of one person. It all becomes very predictable after reading a couple of the journals.

If you're looking for truly interesting stories with well developed plots and characters, this is not the book for you. If all you want is a collection of naughty limericks, jokes and stories all following the same vein, then you will love this.

Rating:
Summary: Over-rated
Review: Keeping in mind that this book purports to be a collection of genuine Victorian erotic journals, I found it to be rather tedious in its length and repetitiveness. In reading it, I received the impression that it was written to appeal to those who are attracted to the concept of "naughty" (as opposed to erotic) literature. In the late 1800's, I suppose that "The Pearl" was the height of forbidden writing.

The 18 journals are described as being composed of "serialised novels, lewd short stories, gossip of the day, letters from readers, licentious limericks and naughty jokes". At over 600 pages, I was well and truly bored before I was halfway through. The novels and short stories contain extremely repetitive themes. For example, there are only so many ways of describing a scene of someone being whipped with a birch.

The language used throughout is very similar and appears to be the work of one person. It all becomes very predictable after reading a couple of the journals.

If you're looking for truly interesting stories with well developed plots and characters, this is not the book for you. If all you want is a collection of naughty limericks, jokes and stories all following the same vein, then you will love this.

Rating:
Summary: you won't be disappointed?
Review: This is a classic of erotica, with something for everyone. This appears to be a genuine Victorian work. The S/M is very Victorian, and very well expressed. There are generous helpings of homosexuality, male and female, along with plenty of heterosexual couplings, all with a reasonable literary flair. BTW, to buy this book in New Zealand you had to fill out a form declaring that you were buying it for serious literary purposes and not just because you like to read erotica!

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Summary: A Classic of Erotic Reading - Tales of S/M and More
Review: This is a classic of erotica, with something for everyone. This appears to be a genuine Victorian work. The S/M is very Victorian, and very well expressed. There are generous helpings of homosexuality, male and female, along with plenty of heterosexual couplings, all with a reasonable literary flair. BTW, to buy this book in New Zealand you had to fill out a form declaring that you were buying it for serious literary purposes and not just because you like to read erotica!

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Summary: Incredible and very HoT!!
Review: This was my first book on erotica and i havent found any that even comes close. Ive lent it to a friend of mine who is extremely conservative and she couldnt put it down!! I highly recommend it....