Histoire d'O, The Story of O

And Other Tantalizing Works

When it comes to tantalizing books in my library, I’m often asked which I find most erotic. The first book that comes to mind is Histoire d'O (The Story of O), for which I own a beautifully bound first edition that came from my mother.

Elegantly written with a wildly suggestive premise, this French erotic work is most enjoyable and provides endless sensual phantasms.

Influenced by the Marquis de Sade, Anne Desclos wrote Histoire d’O under the pseudonym of Pauline Réage. In 1975, the book was