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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Book details (publisher):

https://blackscatbooks.com/2021/01/24/read-my-lips/

Her Three Daughters by Pierre Louÿs

Translated into modern English by R J Dent

Her Three Daughters by Pierre Louÿs, translated from the French into modern English by R J Dent, published by New Urge, is now available.

Synopsis: A young man moves into a new apartment and receives an advanced education in the permutations of sex from a mother and her three—surprisingly well-educated—daughters. Part memoir, part confession, Her Three Daughters is Pierre Louÿs at his erotic best.

“Louÿs’s jolly saga of sexual insatiability…is one of the handful of erotic works that achieve true literary status.” — Susan Sontag

“Among all Pierre Louÿs’s books, this is undoubtedly my favourite, the most moving, most uplifting and sometimes the most terrifying, the purest, the least artificial and the most modern. A masterpiece.” —André Pieyre de Mandiargues

“Amazing! It’s erotica, but high-quality erotica!” — Jean d’Ormesson

“One of the most moving books ever written on the fatality of desires.” —Annie Le Brun

“Here, without question, is Pierre Louÿs’ erotic masterpiece. The strength of the novel does not come from its eventual biographical value, but from the constant transgression that manifests itself within it—containing all the erotic themes dear to the writer, elevated to a singular power. We also find here the key qualities of Louÿs’ style: the liveliness of the dialogue, the precision of the language, the irony, the relentlessness with which certain obscene words are constantly repeated. This scandalous book constitutes a total profanation and derision of the bourgeois universe to which the author belonged.” —Jean-Paul Goujon

Book details:

Title: Her Three Daughters

Author: Pierre Louÿs

Translator: R J Dent

Language: English

Publisher: New Urge

Publication Date: February 13, 2023

ISBN: 979-8986922478

Format: Paperback

Pages: 340

Dimensions: 12.85 cm x 2.16 cm x 19.84 cm (5.06 inches x 0.85 inches x 7.81 inches)

Weight: 15.5 ounces (439.41 grams)

Book details (publisher): https://blackscatbooks.com/2023/02/26/all-in-the-family/

Book details (translator): http://www.rjdent.com/her-three-daughters/

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Translator’s website: www.rjdent.com

Jean-Fucque by Louis Aragon

Adapted from the French by R J Dent

Inspired by Louis Aragon’s obscure surrealist text, R J Dent’s 21st century adaptation of Aragon’s absurdist tale recounts the adventures of Jean-Fucque (Le Cocque), a large, disembodied penis who had a series of exploits and encounters around Paris.

This English rendition recounts Jean-Fucque’s adventures on the Metro, including his satisfactory encounters with several female passengers, as well as details of his small room in a hotel frequented by prostitutes, and an explanation as to why Jean-Fucque buys a hat.

Jean-Fucque is No. 22 in the Pocket Erotica series.

Product details:

Publisher: ‎New Urge Editions / Pocket Erotica

Publication Date: November 24, 2021
Language: ‎English
Format: Paperback

Pages: 131
ISBN-10: ‎1737943042
ISBN-13: ‎978-1737943044
Item Weight: ‎5 ounces (141.74 grams)
Dimensions: ‎4 x 0.33 x 6 inches (10.16 x 0.84 x 15.24 cm)

The Publisher’s description of the book (with links) is here: https://blackscatbooks.com/2021/11/25/watch-out-here-comes-jean-fucque/

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Details of R J Dent’s books, events, news, forthcoming, etc, at http://www.rjdent.com/