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Story of O Paperback – May 8, 1998

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O is a young, beautiful fashion photographer in Paris. One day her lover, Rene, takes her to a chateau, where she is enslaved, with Rene's approval, and systematically sexually assaulted by various other men. Later, Rene turns O over to Sir Stephen, an English friend who intensifies the brutality. But the final humiliation is yet to come.
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    May 8, 1998
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    4.5 x 0.63 x 7 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1562010352
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Running Press Adult; 0 edition (May 8, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1562010352
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1562010355
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.5 x 0.63 x 7 inches
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Anne Cécile Desclos (23 September 1907 – 27 April 1998) was a French journalist and novelist who wrote under the pseudonyms Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage.

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Ross Barnett
5.0 out of 5 stars A timeless erotic classic
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2014
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Pauline Reage's novel is brilliantly written, an erotic story with timeless qualities - indeed, the fact that the book was written in 1965 adds to its attraction. Questions have been raised as to whether all, or part, of the novel are based on fact, and it's difficult to believe that the story is entirely fictional. Apart from the descriptions of physical depravity, which are described with beautiful feminine understatement, the book explores psychological aspects of Domination and submission, particularly with regard to O's relationship with Sir Stephen. This book can be read purely for enjoyment, or as a classic case study in psychology and the way in which sadomasochistic relationships work.
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cvairag
5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Great Novel
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2017
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Histoire d'O (Story of O) is among the most misunderstood books ever written. Most people, and most tragically, women, regard the book as a specimen of 1950's period porn, and read it accordingly. They are members of the same group of compact slappers who spent most of their humanities classes dreaming about the romantic encounter they never would have, but to comfort themselves, in the end convince themselves that they did. They know little of western culture, less of their own cultural memory, have never read a lick of Sade or Nietzsche, the two great shapers of the late modern mindset from which the book emerged.
Let's simplify. To this day, no one knows who Pauline Re'age is. Despite the enormous success of the book, she has never appeared in public. Even the publisher has claimed to have never met the author! Now, if we remove the Parisian "e' " from the the name - what do we have? RAGE.
And that is exactly what Story of O is - a testament to 12,000 years of the most vile abuse ever perpetrated on one being by another, the history of man's brutal treatment of women, how men manipulate women to turn their own natural sexual inclination in upon themselves, to devalue, debase, and eventually destroy themselves. All O's lover (hater), Rene, has to do is mention those three "magic" words "I love you", and conditioned over millennia of patriarchal madness, she will submit to anything, even death itself.
Story of O is the original post-modern feminist tract, the most powerful and passionate ever penned, with juxtaposed congeries of images benign and maleficent in such rapid fire presentation that acquiesence to the magisterial and deeply tragic nature of the work cannot be denied.
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Ron Penn
4.0 out of 5 stars The quintessential sex slave story
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2014
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This novel, sexually explicit without being crude, is indeed the story of O, a woman whose love for a man leads her to increasingly submissive behavior - allowing herself to be sexually used, violently beaten, and physically mutilated, which releases her independence of thought, and eventually causes her to abandon her individual identity. As O's submission deepens and becomes more extreme, the novel simultaneously deepens its thematic explorations of the relationship between surrender and freedom, the nature and demands of love, and the spiritual aspects of sexual desire.

The Story of O begins as O is taken by Rene, referred to repeatedly as "her lover", to an isolated chateau in the French countryside, where she is ritualistically and repeatedly subjected to the constant, at times violent, sexual desires of the men there. She is, she is told, being trained in the way of submission, learning how to dress, behave, and react in total sexual obedience as a manifestation of her love for her lover, her trust in him, and her faith that he loves her in return. Over the painful course of several weeks, O is trained physically, mentally, emotionally, sexually, and spiritually in the ways of surrender. Rene eventually returns, tells O that she is to be taken back to their home, and prepares to leave with her. As they go, O is presented with a ring made of iron lined with gold, which she is to wear constantly as a signal to her, to her lover, and to anyone (male or female) who understands the life and teachings of the chateau, that she is sexually available.

Upon returning to her life in Paris, O finds herself transformed. Not only does she dress differently (in a much more sexually available fashion), her colleagues at the fashion magazine where she works as a photographer comment on the change in her attitude and presence - she seems, to them, to be calmer and more peaceful. At the same time, however, O is thrown into a sexually charged turmoil over Jacqueline, a beautiful model who, in O's eyes, may or may not be flirting with her. One day, O is surprised and shocked to discover that Rene intends to share her with a man who is, in many ways, an older brother to him - Sir Stephen, a British businessman and aristocrat. Sir Stephen, O soon realizes, is to be her sole master - Rene, out of respect for him, cedes more and more sexual and physical control of O. For her part, O is at first determined to remain as emotionally faithful as she can to Rene. As time goes on, however, O becomes more and more deeply devoted to Sir Stephen, coming to think of the brutal way he treats her as a sign of her worthiness to be cared for. Eventually, Sir Stephen takes O to meet Anne-Marie, the woman who, O learns, will arrange for Sir Stephen to mark her with the ultimate sign of that worth: branding with a hot iron.

Following her acceptance of Sir Stephen's brand, O returns to her life in Paris where she is told by Sir Stephen to do whatever it takes to bring Jacqueline under his control; the goal of which, he says, is to get Jacqueline to the chateau. At first, O refuses, having fallen in love with Jacqueline herself. Later, however, when she sees the merciless way Jacqueline treats Rene (who has fallen in love with her) and when she (O) also realizes that her devotion to Sir Stephen is now so complete that she will do anything in order to please him, O manipulates Jacqueline into at least considering a trip to the chateau. O also becomes involved with Jacqueline's half-sister Natalie, who seems much more eager than her sister to follow O's path. Just what that path involves is made clear to Natalie when O, following the directions of Sir Stephen, is put on as a nude, silent, sexually titillating display at a party. The action of the novel concludes here, but an epilogue reveals that upon returning to the chateau, O was abandoned by Sir Stephen. The epilogue also suggests that there is an alternate ending to this story - that upon learning that Sir Stephen was to leave her, she begged to be allowed to die rather than left alone. Sir Stephen, narration reveals, gave his permission.

Opinion: The author gets a little tedious with over attention to detail so some pages pass slowly but the plot moves along quickly. Some readers may be repulsed by the subject material so please know before buying that this is the story of a "vanilla" being converted into a slave.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
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A interesting read!
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Bean Cosnochta
1.0 out of 5 stars Vile! Erotic as eczema
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2023
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Having heard of this I decided to read it (or try to) for myself. It is so grim. I got the sense that O may have been already groomed by René, her so called lover, before he brings her to the place where she was "trained" (or gang-raped and abused, to be more exact). He even tells her that he's the pimp, she's the whore but to keep her on side, throws her the occasional crumb of affection before offloading her to Sir Stephen. I found this so depressing and disturbing, that someone would traffic someone they claimed to love for other people's abuse. O sounded brainwashed - who wouldn't be after being disoriented, raped, beaten and abused? As to those complaining about the supposed suppressed chapter - I'd say that the author ran out of indignities for the main character to endure and came up with the short ending.
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Kelly
3.0 out of 5 stars Highbrow with a chance of dissatisfaction
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2015
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Titillating at times, confusing and bereft of details at other times but by and large an enjoyable read. The ending is not even what I would call a cliffhanger, just unresolved; although, I have heard of some type of sequel so I may look for it to see if it offers any sense of closure. There is an excellent article I read about the author that includes an interview with her that gives better insight into the book, I will try to locate it and paste it here asap.
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Rachel
5.0 out of 5 stars Arrived in great condition
Reviewed in Canada on August 2, 2023
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The product arrived on time and in great condition my partner is going to love this gift 💕
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texicanranger
5.0 out of 5 stars La historia de 'O
Reviewed in Mexico on September 27, 2020
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Clásico!!!
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Bernd Melzer
1.0 out of 5 stars Lektüre überflüssig
Reviewed in Germany on October 5, 2019
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Recht langweiliges und langatmiges Buch ohne großen Unterhaltungswert. Der Ruf ist völlig unbegründet.
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Kello
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Reviewed in Australia on September 25, 2018
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This was truly an amazing book, it was well written and I could feel "O's" emotions.. Definitely recommend this book to those interested in the BDSM lifestyle.
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Filippo B.
3.0 out of 5 stars non saprei
Reviewed in Italy on October 8, 2016
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libro strano. interessante, ma che non mi ha colpito particolarmente. é una storia bizzarra di mercificazione femminile che aborrisce senza dubbio
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