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Man with a Maid: And Other Victorian Stories

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I found this on my cousin's bookshelf with I was but a wee thing, stole it. A classic of Victorian erotica, it's the story of Jack who gets jilted by his fiancee and takes revenge on her, her maid, and others in a lovingly described soundproofed room with equisite details of torture and pleasure. Cleis Press is keeping this old classic in print!

It is a common stereotype that Victorian [...] was all caning, servants, and beaten children. Granted those are common themes but this collection shows more variety than that. We find old men and rejected men stealing innocence and women who have cast aside the sexual mores of their time to become preedators themselves. There are some hierarchical situations but most of the action takes place between social and age peers. I've removed one star from my rating because there are two important things missing from this book. The first are simple introductions to the pieces; even if we don't know the author we can know when it written and which country it was created in. Victorianism was fairly wide=spread for several decades but how it played out varied. Second the pieces need to be identified when they are only sections from a larger work or a series of stories. This would enable those who find the writting exciting to find other Victorian porn.

I real victorian classic. The only issue I have with it is that its the same thing over and over again in each chapter. Worth a read however.

I enjoyed the book that was printed in it's entirety. The Tragedy is an experience drawn out to be savored. I liked the characters very much and was curious to see how they worked/played together in the Comedy. The Comedy did become a bit repetitive, but the last chapter woke me up again. The stories were interesting - but they are definitely included to entice the reader into purchasing more books. I have purchased 2 books based on these stories. I felt most of the stories were too short. There is a 2-parter that I liked, but I haven't been able to find the full volume because the original title is not included.

I am actually in the middle of reading it. I have read Man With a Maid. There are 2 volumes: The Tradgey(sp?)and The Comedies. The tragedy I enjoyed musch more than the comedies. The tradgy was about the main character, jack, de-virginising Alice, very interesting... However, found the comedies not very interesting(esp. for a hetro-sexual woman). It's just threesome stuff, with jack, alice, and other girls, each one by one.
I just wanted to be the first one to post :)
Will keep you posted on other books.

the story is ok, especially the first 20 pages, after that it is to predictable.