How to Have a Husband & Live with Your Lover (at the Same Time) [Paperback]

Pamela Peled (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 12, 2005

Did you know that the verb "to die" was Elizabethan slang for to have sex? It stemmed from the quaint French belief that every orgasm shortened your life by one minute.In Shakespeare's time the word "nothing" also had many connotations - the act of having sex, the female sexual organs, and the male ones. So the play "Much Ado about Nothing" now takes on a whole new meaning - and in fact the play does revolve around who is getting it off with whom, and whether women marry only to have affairs.Think of Hamlet's very flirtatious tone when he spies Ophelia. "Lady, may I lie in your lap?" he requests. As they are sitting in a crowded hall, waiting to watch a play, it is hardly the time for him to expect a quick tumble with his woman.She is duly shocked, or pretends to "No, my lord," she protests."I mean my head upon your lap," he explains, and she acquiesces. "Ay, my lord," she says, relieved."Did you think I meant country matters?" he persists, using the word "country" much as we do today - though we drop the second syllable. "I think nothing, my lord," she replies, demurely."That's a fair thought to lie between a maid's legs," he retorts."What is, my lord?" she asks, though she knows exactly what he means."Nothing," he replies - with great innuendo.Bawdy talk indeed from the heir to the Danish throne. Somewhat reminiscent of the time poor Prince Charles was caught on tape talking to Camilla on the phone, from Australia of all places. Princess Di was still alive then, and still his wife, and with him on an official trip. "Oh, Camilla," the unscrupulous journalist heard him say, "I wish I was a tampax and you were using me!"

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About the Author

Pamela Peled was born in 1957, in South Africa. She grew up in a sun-drenched land, brimming with swimming pools and tender T-bone steaks on charcoal fires. There was no television. Pupils were caned for forgetting their homework. Nelson Mandela was still in jail. At seventeen Pamela left home for Jerusalem, to study English Literature at the Hebrew University. After completing her MA she taught for many years. She is also a journalist. She lectures on Shakespeare in Israel and Europe and leads study courses to Stratford-Upon-Avon in England. Pamela lives near Tel Aviv with her husband and three daughters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 110 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris, Corp. (April 12, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141348560X
• ISBN-13: 978-1413485608
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,158,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)