Revenge: Limited Edition [Hardcover]

Ellen Von Unwerth (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1931885192 | ISBN-13: 978-1931885195 | Publication Date: January 2003 | Edition: Slipcase

Von Unwerth's book is a wild and sexy romp. Long known for her provocative work in the fashion world, here she is the director on the set, creating a sadomasochistic story, told solely in photographs, which delves into sexual obsession. Revenge begins with a trio of young women arriving at the Baroness's estate expecting a relaxing weekend. The Baroness, her chauffeur, and her stablehand soon have them involved in something quite different.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 236 pages
• Publisher: Twin Palms Pub; Slipcase edition (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931885192
• ISBN-13: 978-1931885195
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,694,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hot, playful book, August 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Revenge (Hardcover)

The photographs and the women are beautiful. The tone is hot and still playful.
The only thing that I was unhappy with was that the book's dimensions are a bit small. I think of a wider book when I think of a "coffee table book." (I can't recall where I heard that said.) As a consequence, the photographs which are 2 full pages look a bit odd, as they are cut through the middle by the seam of the book. It's not like a magazine that lays flat- this is a thick book. And, of course, the photographs that command two-page spreads are some of the best, so it's really quite a loss.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unwerth's 'Revenge', August 29, 2004

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Bruno J. Navarro (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Revenge (Hardcover)

Deliciously decadent, Ellen von Unwerth's latest work has all the trappings of a classic, highly stylized tale of lasciviousness and a study in form, sexuality and society - albeit one tucked away behind the velvet curtain of propriety.

Titillating yet never prurient, "Revenge" depicts the erotic journeys of three young women who arrive for a respite at a rural manor. Instead, what follows is a series of sexually charged S&M scenes of the women as they become entagled with the Baroness (think "Rocky Horror Picture Show" with a stunning older woman in the antagonist role), her chauffer and her stable boy.

For von Unwerth, a fashion photographer whose work graces the pages of Vogue and Vanity Fair, the work represents a honing of her craft of merging desire with setting. When von Unwerth does it well, as she does here, each element is inextricable from the other.

Unexpected and as far from cliché as nearly any artist working today, "Revenge" stands out as a bar that won't be easy to clear for any who follow in her footsteps. - Fotophile.com

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fun size book, delightful and ho so sexy, August 7, 2003

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A. Dan "simoril" (israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Revenge (Hardcover)

i haven't really noticed the size of the book when i ordered it (let that be a lesson to me, always remeber to do so) and i kind of expected somthing coffee book size, i don't know if i would dare spend that amount on somthing that's reading book size, but i'm really glad that i did.

this is a very nice and tempting book, it's made into several scenes each alaborated and very intence showing women in SM oriented scenes both as the controler and the controled while as the book goes the maids and slavegirls take revenge of their misstresses and tormentores. all this done in a playful mouthwatering sexy ways. i haven't been so turned on from photography for a long time. i love those grainy black and whites, it just give everything such a dirty erotic feel!