Hidden Gems

(The Best of The Pearl, a Journal of Voluptuous Reading.)

Anonymous

The infamous Victorian monthly magazine The Pearl was published in London from July 1879 to December 1880 and was subsequently shut down by the authorities for publishing obscene literature.

Each issue was devoted to erotic serials featuring sex in high society, incest and flagellation, interspersed with ribald parodies, rude poems and smutty limericks

This selection (over 300 pages) includes the best of The Pearl and is drawn from all of its original 18 issues. Hidden Gems is a fascinating look at the secret obsessions behind the Puritan’s mask.

Step inside and enjoy this raunchy romp through the Victorian underground.

Title: Hidden Gems

Author: Anonymous

Introduction: William Hamilton

ISBN-10: 0692450165

ISBN-13: 978-0692450161

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Black Scat Books

Pages: 334

Language: English

Item Weight: 15.2 ounces

Dimensions: 5.06 x 0.84 x 7.81 inches Book details (publisher): Hidden Gems

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Travels To Merryland

by Roger Pheuquewell, Esq.

(Containing a Topographical, Geographical and Natural History of that Country.)

Imagine if Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, Sir Richard Burton, Francis Drake, James Cook or Walter Raleigh had written in their travel accounts about the erotic landscapes they traversed. Well, that’s what the anonymous intrepid explorer has done with Travels to Merryland.

This satirical travelogue was first published in England 1740 and with Swiftian wit, it describes the female sexual anatomy as a metaphor of geography and natural history. This lovely guidebook is a must-have for the armchair adventurer, as well as timid explorers who dream of female parts unknown. Students of natural history and budding geographers will discover many hidden delights within these pages.

***This edition also includes a never-before-published map of the country***

 

Product details:

Title: Travels to Merryland

Author: Anonymous

Publisher: New Urge / Black Scat Books

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Pages: 75

ISBN-10: 1735764647

ISBN-13: 978-1735764641

Item Weight: 3.52 ounces

Dimensions: 4 x 0.19 x 6 inches

Book details and synopsis (publisher): Journey to parts unknown

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Travels to Merryland

by Roger Pheuquewell, Esq.

(Containing a Topographical, Geographical and Natural History of that Country.)

From Their Lips to His Ear

Denis Diderot

Translated by Anonymous

Selected by Lawrence Hamilton

Lawrence Hamilton has selected several spicy excerpts from an anonymous English translation of Denis Diderot‘s satiric libertine novel, Les Bijoux Indiscrets (The Indiscreet Jewels), first published in 1749). This edition, from New Urge is entitled From Their Lips to His Ear, is #6 in the Pocket Erotica series.

Denis Diderot was a highly celebrated 18th century French philosopher and editor of the groundbreaking Encyclopédie. In 1748, in need of money, he wrote a scandalous and satiric libertine allegory – Les Bijoux Indiscrets – whose hero, a sultan, is in possession of a magic ring. When aimed at female genitals, this ring prompts the private parts to speak — revealing the woman’s deepest sexual desires, experiences, and indiscretions.

In this precursor to The Vagina Monologues, the women  are portrayed  as  powerful beings through their liberated  ideas and sexuality.

Product details:

Title: From Their Lips to His Ear

Author: Denis Diderot

Translator: Anonymous

Publisher: New Urge / Black Scat Books

Language: English

Format: Paperback ‎ 

Pages: 71

ISBN-10: 1735615919

ISBN-13: 978-1735615912

Dimensions: 10.16 x 0.46 x 15.24 cm

Weight: 3.52 ounces

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Le Château du Comte by Hélène Lavelle

Translated from the French by Valéry Soers.

In 2020, New Urge Editions published Hélène Lavelle‘s controversial erotic novel, The Rites of Ecstasy. Today, we are pleased to announce its sequel, Le Château du Comte – translated from the French by Valéry Soers.

Synopsis: Summoned back to the Domain, Gabrielle surrenders to the demands of the Vicomtesse, the Comte, and Lady Isabella. Much more than a sequel to The Rites of Ecstasy, this novel takes us beyond the introspective feminine dreaminess of La Maison to a more bracing, hallucinatory, wild and strange terrain of its own – the culmination and climax of ‘the Great Work’ on Gabrielle’s heart, soul, mind and body.

Le Château du Comte is a story of dramatic and erotic power – an immersion in another world – exploring the farther shores of female desire, love, hate and friendship, through extremes of pleasure and pain to the heights of the Sublime.

Product details:

Title: Le Château du Comte
Author: Hélène Lavelle
Translated from the French by Valéry Soers

ISBN: 979-8985999648

ASIN: ‎ B0B6792HVH

Publisher: ‎ New Urge / Black Scat Books

Publication date: July 11, 2022)

Language: ‎ English

Format: Paperback ‏

Pages: ‎ 316

Item Weight: ‎ 1.25 pounds

Dimensions: ‎ 6.14 x 0.79 x 9.21 inches

Book details (publisher): Le Château du Comte

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Le Château du Comte is a sequel to The Rites of Ecstasy, details of which can be found here: The Rites of Ecstasy.

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As a writer/translator, R J Dent has written, translated or contributed to 23 books. Details of those books can be found here: http://www.rjdent.com/ and here: https://rjdentnewsandevents.wordpress.com/

Kinky by Denise Duhamel

Kinky (1997) is a Barbie-themed poetry collection by Denise Duhamel, published by Orchises Press.

Denise Duhamel’s best-selling and most popular poetry collection to date is Kinky (1997), which marries satire, humour and feminism through the portrayal of an icon of popular culture, the Barbie doll.

Kinky features a series of themed poems that take the reader through an extended series of satirical postures (‘Beatnik Barbie’, ‘Bisexual Barbie’, ‘Buddhist Barbie’, Native American Barbie’, etc.)

The poems in Kinky satirize aspects of American culture and society, and challenge preconceived notions of gender, masculinity, femininity and identity.

Denise Duhamel

Copies of Denise Duhamel’s Kinky are available here: https://www.amazon.com/Kinky-Denise-Duhamel/dp/0914061615