The Intimate Memoirs of an Edwardian Dandy (Victorian erotic classics) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Victorian erotic classics | Publication Date: May 1995

If one had the time and the money--as did the hero of this story--then there was no place like London during the early years of this century for the pursuit of pleasures. As charted in this uncensored memoir of revels and erotic escapades, only flagging energy and lack of imagination placed limits on lusty indulgence.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786702338
• ISBN-13: 978-0786702336
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,554,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars the joy d'esprit and the orgiastic impetus of Victorian times, May 24, 2009

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This review is from: The Intimate Memoirs of an Edwardian Dandy (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the sexual bildungsroman of a young Englishman from his youthful days on the countryside to his education days at Oxford and finally as a sexually adventurous young man in the wild streets of London. Having the free time and money that comes with a privileged upbringing, spurred by a free spirit and a tentalizing desire for sexual pleasures we are exposed to the indulgence of fantasies amid the London elite. At times all-too-fanciful and rakish without any hint of prudish limits experiences become an end in themselves with but pleasure and fulfillment of desires as the only end.
It is a fascinating historical record - properly speaking - for here the scions of the lesiured aristocracy are here able to devote their days and nights in the pursuit of pure unadulterated pleasure. Rubert Mountjoy divulges details of a sybaritic lifestyle in frank unexpurgated joy d'esprit that albeit does not fail to expose the current of sexuality surging beneath the repressed morality heralded during Victorian times. Mountjoy's memoir was first circulated about England during the first World War and it regained a revival in lieu of recent interest in the subject from connoisseurs and scademics alike. For those looking to find orgies and role-playing you will be satisfied, whereas readers looking to become engaged with a lust-filled impetus of repressed days will have plenty to enjoy. It is not without literary merit and deserves to be read more widely. For those that enjoyed reading the Pearl and the Oyster, this will no doubt prove a dandy...

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3.0 out of 5 stars a fantasy, April 3, 2000

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This review is from: The Intimate Memoirs of an Edwardian Dandy (Volume 2) (Intimate Memoirs of an Edwardian Dandy) (Paperback)

this book mainly deals with the protagnists sexual adventures and contains some elements of incest. in this story the hero is potrayed as having unbound enthuasism for his pleasure and it is generqally an okay story.