The She-Devils [Paperback]

Pierre Louys (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 9, 2008

Classic French erotica by the extremely prolific Louys. Susan Sontag, so recently deceased, described this book as "one of the handful of erotic works that achieve true literary status." The She-Devils is the story of a young man who one day finds himself in the company of a family of whores, mother and three daughters, each of the younger ones more decadent than the last.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Olympia Press (June 9, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596543620
• ISBN-13: 978-1596543621
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,472,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She-Devil's Advocate, December 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The She Devils [Old Edition] (Velvet) (Paperback)

While a few of the later chapters tended to drone at times and some of the mainstream ideals of feminine beauty have since changed somewhat, the bulk of the book is simply, for lack of a better word, astounding! I've come across few-if any-works that leaves one's heart racing in disgust, arousal, and incredulity at the same time. Written and set in an atmosphere(Paris in the early 1900's) where anything like what is said or done in the book was much more likely to have occured, Louys delves into debauchery and manias with an imagination(or recollection,who knows) that few can or are brave enough to match. Well translated, the images it evokes will shock and haunt you for a long time. Definately recommended for all but the young, the uptight, or the faint of heart! Enjoy...and brace yourself!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A saucy fantasy, not real filth!, April 15, 2005

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william corr (Bulgaria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The She Devils [Old Edition] (Velvet) (Paperback)

Another reviewer claims this book is vile filth. In fact, it's a saucy fantasy with some exquisite imagery and a lot of jolly inventive romps; closer to Benny Hill than to De Sade.

Any keen aficionado of erotica will enjoy the scene in which Mummy takes the narrator's dickie up her bum and her youngest daughter's slim hand enters her vaginally and provides exquisite pleasure to the lucky chap!

A dilgent search will yield an illustrated edition published in continental Europe some years ago. Oh, what delight and what a superb illustrator, too.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent little piece of erotica, February 26, 2002

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"lacivious" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The She Devils (Creation Classics) (Paperback)

Short but very sweet, The She-Devils is a deliciously evil little book. About a man renting a room across the hall from a woman and her daughters, who slowly (and easily?) seduce him and each other. First he encounters each of them on thier own, before finally succumbing to their whim in one big orgy of delight. The author has created some interesting characters, the youngest daughter in particular! Role models these girls ain't. After finishing the book, like the Master himself De Sade achieves, your left wondering wether all of the story was truly "fiction"