My secret life paperback january 11, 20 by anonymous author, helen thompson author 3. The author provides elaborate accounts of how he procured women and details about what they did together, including his tastes for flagellation and group sex. My secret life, complete, volumes 111 anonymous format. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. My secret life volumes i to iii by an anonymous author or walter my secret life, by walter, is the memoir of a gentleman describing the authors sexual development and experiences in victorian england. My secret life was originally printed but not published in the 1880s and 1890s, in 11 volumes, spanning 4,400 pages. Home songs of iota alpha phi 1880 the history of toasting 1881 amatory experiences of a surgeon 1881 sweet violets 1882 the boudoir 1883 broadsidemanuscript ledgerbook 18831897 kryptadia 18831914 randiana 1884 the adventures of lady harpur 1885 autobiography of a flea 1888 in praise of ale 1888. I was evidently always secret, even then, about anything amorous, excepting with fred as will be seen, and have continued so all my life. Full text ebook the two little episodes last narrated, tho shortened, took a long time to write, but are worth preserving, yet how short a time they really occupied me in the performance. It was first published in a private edition of eleven volumes, at the expense of the author, including an imperfect index, which appeared over seven years beginning around 1888 the work itself is enormous, amounting to over one million words, the eleven. My secret life volume one by anonymous amsterdam privately printed for subscribers. My secret life isbn 9780451530721 pdf epub anonymous. My secret life isbn 9786069833254 pdf epub anonymous. This edition of my secret life, is the first compendium of all eleven volumes.
One addicts experience with acceptance, faith, and. The massive and anonymous autobiography my secret life 1890 is both a detailed recounting of an english gentlemans lifelong pursuit of sexual gratification and a social chronicle of the seamy underside of a puritanical society. Rumors have suggested he was a prominent scholar, the eccentric son of an earl, even a titled woman. He was raised by servants and educated at a good boarding school. Read my secret life volumes iv to vii sex diary of a victorian gentlemen by anonymous available from rakuten kobo. The anonymous author of my secret life has never been identified. A secret life is not for everyone, but if you have an interest in, or curiosity about, male homosexuality, this tale leaves nothing to the imagination. My secret life, by walter, is the memoir of a gentleman describing the authors sexual development and experiences in victorian england. It was first published in a private edition of eleven volumes, which appeared over seven years beginning around 1888. In this vast confessional, the author chronicles his sexual exploits, throughout the course of a life devoted to the pursuit of carnal experience. My secret life by anonymous overdrive rakuten overdrive. Free download of my secret life, volume ii by anonymous. With over 2,000 pages, this is the complete 11 volumes of this extremely explicit set of memoirs.
My secret life epub adobe drm can be read on any device that can open epub adobe drm files. If youd like to help expand it, see the help pages and the style guide, or leave a comment on this works talk page. My secret life volumes iv to vii ebook by anonymous. My prolonged abstinence from women, and now my recovery, my taking more to animal food, wine, and my usual mode of living, the quiet life i was leading, all my physical forces at their highest. My secret life is a haunting evocation of life behind closed doors in the victorian age and one of the most sexually obsessed books ever written. Global grey free pdf, epub, kindle ebook, or read online pages pdf. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Scholars have long sought to identify the anonymous author.
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This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. It was first published in a private edition of eleven volumes, at the expense of the author, including an imperfect index, which appeared over seven years beginning around 1888 the work itself is enormous, amounting to over one. My secret life volume one by erotica amsterddam anon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. No one really knows the identity of the pleasure seeking author or what in this diary is fact or fiction but as an example of victorian erotic fiction it. An erotic diary of victorian london signet classics anonymous.
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The first reprint of my secret life by an anonymous author was first published in 1888 for private distribution among connoisseur collectors. An important periodical of the era was the pearl 187980, which included. This first reprint of my secret life is for private distribution among connoisseur collectors. It was strictly limited to four hundred and seventy five copies, all of which had been subscribed for prior to its publication. Despite the common view of the period as a time when strict mores and chastity prevailed, the anonymous author of this explicitly detailed tome offers plenty of personal evidence to the contrary. Published anonymously, this 11volume set was published by amsterdam based auguste brancart, and has been widely banned as smut or erotica. My secret life by walter the sex diary of a victorian gentleman. An important periodical of the era was the pearl 187980, which included serialized novels, short. Read my secret life the complete volumes 14 by anonymous available from rakuten kobo. In it, walter, the anonymous author, chronicles his extraordinarily prolific erotic experiences, from early childhood through to old age, and in doing so we are privy to the thoughts, emotions and memories of one of the most unusual, unsung and. My secret life is an anonymous victorian englishmans sexual memoirs, including extensive descriptions of his sexual escapades with more than a thousand women. My secret life, is the memoir of a victorian gentlemans sexual development and.
It seems that sex was the purpose of walters life and his only real pursuit. By doing these things, the past no longer has control over my life, and i am freed to live up to my ideals today. From his precocious childhood to the end of what he calls his amatory career, an adventurous victorian known only as walter records a breathtaking carnal epic through hundreds of sexual encounters with one or more nursemaids, prostitutes, cousins, actresses, workingmen, and other mens wives. A listing of works widely held to be sexually titillating, and often written expressly for that purpose. It was first published in a private edition of eleven volumes, at the expense of the author, including an imperfect index, which appeared over seven years beginning around 1888. It is strictly limited to four hundred and seventy five copies, all of. It constitutes an immense work, detailing over 1,200 encounters with prostitutes. My secret life by an anonymous author amsterdam 1888 privately printed for subscribers. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your. According to his account, victorians were as sensual, frisky, and sexobsessed as the denizens of the twentyfirst century. From his precocious childhood to the end of what he calls his amatory career, an adventurous victorian known only as walter records a breathtaking carnal epic through hundreds of sexual encounters with one or more nursemaids, prostitutes, cousins, actresses. Despite the common view of the period as a time when strict mores and chastity prevailed, the anonymous author of this explicitly detailed tome offers plenty of.
Dec 16, 2019 a listing of works widely held to be sexually titillating, and often written expressly for that purpose. My secret life, the anonymously written erotic memoirs of a victorian english gentleman who refers to himself simply as walter is one of the most idiosyncratic books ever written. My secret life wikisource, the free online library. After youve bought this ebook, you can choose to download either the pdf version or the epub, or both. My secret life, volume 1 by anonymous overdrive rakuten. My secret life, by walter anonymous, is the memoir of a victorian gentlemans sexual development and experiences. This fascinating volume offers a frank look at sexual escapades in the victorian era. Sets were owned by harold lloyd, the american silent film comedian and producer, and george mountbatten, the greatgrandson of queen victoria.
It tells about prices of prostitutes, homosexual encounters, age of consent, and other similar information not available any where else. My secret life volume i by anonymous, paperback barnes. His young adulthood was spent not in learning a trade, but in exploring. It is strictly limited to four hundred and seventy five copies, all of which have been subscribed for prior to publication. Chapter i earliest recollectionsan erotic nursemaidladies abedmy cocka frisky governesscousin fredthoughts on pudendaa female peddlerbaudy picturesa naked baby.
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