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Histoire d'O (English title: Story of O) is an erotic novel published in 1954 about sadomasochism by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (613x958, 25 KB)Cover scan from the book Histoire dO (Le Livre de Poche), personal scan, claiming fair use (does not detract from original work, scanned from legal copy, image is of sufficiently low resolution). ... Anne Desclos (September 23, 1907 - April 27, 1998) was a French journalist and novelist who wrote under the pseudonyms Dominique Aury and Pauline RÃ©age. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... Erotic literature is literature, either as a form of erotica written to arouse the reader, or to give instruction in sexual technique. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Jean-Jacques Pauvert (born 1926) is a French publisher, famous for publishing the work of de Sade in the early 1950s and as the first publisher of Story of O. Category: ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1028x1302, 30 KB) en: One depiction or artistic rendering of the Roissy triskelion ring, as described in the Story of O by Pauline RÃ©age: Made of dull grey polished iron, and lined inside with gold (presumably to avoid staining the... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1028x1302, 30 KB) en: One depiction or artistic rendering of the Roissy triskelion ring, as described in the Story of O by Pauline RÃ©age: Made of dull grey polished iron, and lined inside with gold (presumably to avoid staining the... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Ring_der_o. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Ring_der_o. ... For the elastic seal or gasket, see O-ring. ... Erotic literature is literature, either as a form of erotica written to arouse the reader, or to give instruction in sexual technique. ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ... Anne Desclos (September 23, 1907 - April 27, 1998) was a French journalist and novelist who wrote under the pseudonyms Dominique Aury and Pauline RÃ©age. ... For other uses, see Alias. ... Anne Desclos (September 23, 1907 - April 27, 1998) was a French journalist and novelist who wrote under the pseudonyms Dominique Aury and Pauline RÃ©age. ...

Desclos did not reveal herself to be the author until four years before her death, forty years after its initial publication. Desclos said that she had written the novel as a series of love letters to her lover Jean Paulhan, who had admired the work of the Marquis de Sade. Jean Paulhan in 1938 Jean Paulhan is a French writer, literary critic and publisher, director of the literary magazine Nouvelle Revue FranÃ§aise (NRF) from 1925 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1968. ... Portrait of the Marquis de Sade by Charles-AmÃ©dÃ©e-Philippe van Loo (c. ...

Plot introduction

Published in French, by Jean-Jacques Pauvert, éditeur, it is a story of female submission about a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer, O, who is blindfolded, chained, whipped, branded, pierced, made to wear a mask, and taught to be constantly available for oral, vaginal, and anal intercourse. Despite her harsh treatment, O grants her permission beforehand for everything that occurs, and her permission is constantly sought. While her friend and lover, Jacqueline, is repulsed by O's chains and scars, O herself is proud of her condition as a willing slave. Female submission describes sadomasochism in which women are punished or dominated, usually by men but sometimes by other women. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... A blindfold is a strip of cloth used to cover the eyes, rendering the user effectively (but temporarily) blind. ... A model in bondage cuffs with a leg spreader In the context of BDSM, bondage involves people being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure. ... Whipping on a post Flagellation is the act of whipping (Latin flagellum, whip) the human body. ... Branding persons refers to the use of the same physical techniques as in livestock branding on a consenting or constrained human, a form of body modification (see that article for general considerations) similar to scarification (see that article for technical details). ... Body piercing is a form of body modification. ... For other uses, see Mask (disambiguation). ... Oral sex consists of all sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, which may include use of the tongue, teeth, and throat, to stimulate genitalia. ... Vaginal sex or vaginal intercourse is human sexual behavior involving the vagina, especially, but not limited to, the insertion of the erect penis into the vagina. ... Roman men having anal sex. ... It has been suggested that Duration of sexual intercourse be merged into this article or section. ...

O's lover, René, brings her to the château of Roissy, where she is trained to serve the men of an élite group. After the training is finished, René hands O to Sir Stephen, an even more dominant master. O falls in love with him. As a final proof of her love O decides to move to Samois, an old manson solely inhabited by women for an advanced training. There she agrees to receive a branding and a Labia piercing with rings as a final sign of dedication to her lifestyle. At the climax, O appears as a slave, nude but for an owl-like mask, before a large party of guests. The two lower piercings are in this womans labia. ...

Publishing history

In February 1955, it won the French literature prize Prix des Deux Magots, although this did not prevent the French authorities bringing obscenity charges against the publisher. The charges were rejected by the courts, but a publicity ban was imposed for a number of years. The prose style is terse, simple, and blunt. Rhetorical devices are avoided, although several levels of symbolism can be inferred. The Prix des Deux Magots is a major French literary prize. ... Obscenity in Latin obscenus, meaning foul, repulsive, detestable, (possibly derived from ob caenum, literally from filth). The term is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time. ...

The first English edition was published by Grove Press, Inc. in 1965. Eliot Fremont-Smith (of the New York Times) called its publishing "a significant event." The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Grove Press is an American publishing imprint that was founded in 1951. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

A sequel was published in 1969 in French, again with Jean-Jacques Pauvert, éditeur, Retour à Roissy (Return to Roissy, but often translated as Return to the Chateau, Continuing the Story of O). It was published again by Grove Press, Inc., in 1971. It is not known whether this work is by the same author as the original.

The English edition is published by Grove Press, as An Evergreen Black Cat Book, printed in the United States, and distributed by Random House, Inc., New York. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

A critical view of the novel is that it is about the ultimate objectification of a woman. The heroine of the novel has the shortest possible name, consisting solely of the letter O. Although this is in fact a shortening of the name Odile, it could also stand for "object" or "orifice", an O being a symbolic representation of any "hole". Sexual objectification is objectification of a person. ... Look up O, o in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sexual objectification is objectification of a person. ... In a typical mammalian body such as the human body, the body orifices are: the nostrils, for breathing and the associated sense of smell the mouth, for eating and vocalizations such as speech the ear canals, for the sense of hearing the anus, for defecation the urethra, for urination (and...

The book has been the source of various terms that are used in the BDSM subculture such as SAMOIS, the name of the estate belonging to the character Anne-Marie, who brands O. Collars are a commonly used symbol of BDSM and can be ornamental and utilitarian. ... SAMOIS was a lesbian-feminist BDSM organization based in San Francisco and founded in 1978, taking its name from the estate of Anne-Marie, a lesbian dominatrix in Story of O who pierces and brands O. Samois-sur-Seine is a village found south of Paris, near Fontainebleau. ...

Adaptations

Mainstream

French director Henri-Georges Clouzot wanted to adapt the novel to film for many years. It was eventually adapted by director Just Jaeckin in 1975 as Histoire d'O or in English as The Story of O , starring Corinne Clery and Udo Kier. The film met with far less acclaim than the book. It was banned in the United Kingdom by the British Board of Film Censors until February 2000. Henri-Georges Clouzot (November 20, 1907 - January 12, 1977) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. ... Biography Just Jaeckin is a French film director. ... // January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ... Corinne Clery at the time of Story of O (1975). ... Udo Kier (born October 14, 1944) is a German actor. ... The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is the organisation responsible for film classification (see Motion picture rating systems and History of British Film Certificates) within the United Kingdom. ...

In 1975, American director Gerard Damiano, well-known for Deep Throat (1972) and The Devil in Miss Jones (1973) created the movie The Story of Joanna, highly influenced by the Story of O, by combining the motifs from one of the book's chapters and from Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit. Gerard Damiano is a former adult film director. ... Deep Throat is an American pornographic movie released in the summer of 1972, written and directed by Gerard Damiano and starring Linda Lovelace (the pseudonym of Linda Susan Boreman). ... The Devil in Miss Jones (1973) The Devil in Miss Jones is a 1973 Pornographic movie, written and directed by Gerard Damiano. ... Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 â€“ April 15, 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (pronounced: ), was a French existentialist philosopher and pioneer, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist and critic. ... For other uses, see No Exit (disambiguation). ...

In 1979, Danish director Lars von Trier made a short movie, which is a homage to Story of O and Anne Desclos, entitled Menthe—la bienheureuse. Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier, April 30, 1956) is a Danish film director. ... For a description of the medieval homage ceremony see commendation ceremony Homage is generally used in modern English to mean any public show of respect to someone to whom you feel indebted. ...

A Brazilian miniseries in ten episodes with Claudia Cepeda was made in 1992 by director Eric Rochat, who was the producer of the original 1975 movie. A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Claudia Cepeda is a Brazilian actress, mostly known for playing the role of O in the 1992 Brazilian erotic series Story of O. Claudia Cepeda at the Internet Movie Database Categories: | | ...

Documentary

Writer of O, a 2004 documentary film by Pola Rapaport, mixed interviews with reenactments of certain scenes from the book.

In 1975, Jean-Jaeques Pauvert published in France "Confessions of O", a long interview of the (still anonymous) author of the Story of O by French author Regine Deforges. An English-language edition was released in the United States in 1979 by Viking Press.

Other

In 1975 it was adapted for comics by the Italian artist Guido Crepax. Guido Crepax Guido Crepax (born Guido Crepas, Milan, July 15, 1933-July 31, 2003) was an Italian comics artist, who deeply influenced the European adult comics world in the second half of 20th century. ...

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