Lust's Labour Won [Mass Market Paperback]

Patrick Henden (Author)

Book Description

Series: Blue Moon | Publication Date: November 1999

An elegant mansion is turned into a "school" where Muriel and other young English aristocrats receive unusual instruction in the byways of love. Shy and timid at first, Muriel and her friends soon learn to take sensual delight in their strict curriculum.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Running Press (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562011405
• ISBN-13: 978-1562011406
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,955,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true TREASURE has come back under a new name, February 6, 2001

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Rudolf Spoerer "dowadiddi" (Weston, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lust's Labour Won (Mass Market Paperback)

This reprint by Patrick Henden was published in 1990 and it's one of the Blue Moon Series.... If I could give it 10 stars I would .... The book is a series of day books written by the characters describing their delicious experiences and interactions.... The day books are not really diaries per se, but rather an exquisite tool that allows the author to transfer the story, and perceptions, from one of the characters to another quite easily and seamlessly. The main characters are Sylvia and Phillip Mansfield,their four daughters Muriel, Jane, Amy the youngest and Deidra, and Richard the lone son. Lady Celia and Daisy Partridge and a few other characters also interact in their day book experieneces .. The book develops each of the characters, some are reluctantly sensual but learn how to enjoy the eroticism of life, while others, are more reserved and qiuetly enjoy the pleasures of the seductions .... Most of the book actually takes place in an old English countryside mansion and it sure seems like they have the money not to have to worry about working ... Phillip the father is a writer but talk about a lack of life experience for a grown man... as the reader we can enjoy the women around him certainly CURE that problem in delicious ways. In my mind, the seduction scenes in this book are classic Victorian and probably the best ever written. This is a MUST MUST have book and Im sure it's not going to be in print for long ..... WOW

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ridiculously Dumb, April 10, 2001

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"cgrivas" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lust's Labour Won (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought this book because of the hype presented here - especially within these customer comments. What a mistake. This book was almost unreadable. The characters were inaccessible and completely unrealistic. The writing was like a disjointed harlequin romance porn novel. Do yourself a favor and AVOID this one. I threw mine away.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Victorian Erotica, February 8, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Lust's Labour Won (Mass Market Paperback)

An excellent example of Victorian erotica. Interwoven stories about Muriel and her sisters transformation from innocents to sensual beings. I picked this book up on ebay in a mixed lot, almost didn't read it, but I'm glad I did.