Classic of erotic literature (1894), celebrating lesbian love, translation of original edition, complete with 161 sensuous illustrations by Willi Pogany.

The Songs of Bilitis

Literature & Fiction

Pierre Louÿs

Literary

Dover Publications

1998 Harper Flamingo soft cover(trade paperback), 2nd printing. Pierre Louÿs (Oeuvre érotique). Set in Alexandria, the novel tells the story of Chrysis, a courtesan, and the sculptor Démétrios. A Galilaean with long golden hair (source of her Greek nickname), Chrysis is proud of her beauty and her skill at winning the devotion and servility of men. Démétrios, for his part, is worshipped by the women of the town, but has grown tired of their devotion. He has come to prefer his statue of the goddess Aphrodite even to his lover, Queen Bérénice, who posed for it. - Wikipedia

Aphrodite

Essays & Correspondence

Harpercollins Publisher

Extrait: ...emmelee. Ces pantoufles prirent ses pieds nus. Ces poches de gaze continrent ses seins. Mais ce que je n'ose toucher du doigt, c'est ce miroir ou elle a vu ses meurtrissures toutes chaudes, et ou subsiste peut-etre encore le reflet de ses levres mouillees. 77 - L'AMOUR Helas, si je pense a elle, ma gorge se desseche, ma tete retombe, mes seins durcissent et me font mal, je frissonne et je pleure en marchant. Si je la vois, mon coeur s'arrete, mes mains tremblent, mes pieds se glacent, une rougeur de feu monte a mes joues, mes tempes battent douloureusement. Si je la touche, je deviens folle, mes bras se raidissent, mes genoux defaillent. Je tombe devant elle, et je me couche comme une femme qui va mourir. De tout ce qu'elle me dit je me sens blessee. Son amour est une torture et les passants entendent mes plaintes... Helas Comment puis-je l'appeler Bien-Aimee? 78 - LA PURIFICATION Te voila defais tes bandelettes, et tes agrafes et ta tunique. Ote jusqu'a tes sandales, jusqu'aux rubans de tes jambes, jusqu'a la bande de ta poitrine. Lave le noir de tes sourcils, et le rouge de tes levres. Efface le blanc de tes epaules et defrise tes cheveux dans l'eau. Car je veux t'avoir toute pure, telle que tu naquis sur le lit, aux pieds de ta mere feconde et devant ton pere glorieux, Si chaste que ma main dans ta main te fera rougir jusqu'a la bouche, et qu'un mot de moi sous ton oreille affolera tes yeux tournoyants. 79 - LA BERCEUSE DE MNASIDIKA Ma petite enfant, si peu d'annees que j'aie de plus que toi-meme, je t'aime, non pas comme une amante, mais comme si tu etais sortie de mes entrailles laborieuses. Lorsque etendue sur mes genoux, tes deux bras freles autour de moi, tu cherches mon sein, la bouche tendue, et me tettes avec lenteur entre tes levres palpitantes, Alors je reve qu'autrefois, j'ai allaite reellement cette bouche douillette, souple et baignee, ce vase myrrhin couleur de pourpre ou le bonheur de...

Les Chansons de Bilitis (French Edition)

Classics

Livres Généraux

Aphrodite is a 1896 French-language novel by Pierre Louÿs. Set in Alexandria, the novel tells the story of Chrysis, a courtesan, and the sculptor Démétrios. A Galilaean with long golden hair (source of her Greek nickname), Chrysis is proud of her beauty and her skill at winning the devotion and servility of men. Démétrios, for his part, is worshipped by the women of the town, but has grown tired of their devotion. He has come to prefer his statue of the goddess Aphrodite even to his lover, Queen Bérénice, who posed for it. Chrysis is the only woman who does not care for him; piqued into desire by her resistance, Démétrios is spurred to commit theft and murder for her, to win the three objects she demands in return for her charms: a rival courtesan's silver mirror, the ivory comb of an Egyptian priestess, and the pearl necklace that adorns the cult image in the temple of Aphrodite. After carrying out these errands, Démétrios dreams of the night of love that Chrysis has offered him; and while she falls in love with the man who was moved to crime for her, Démétrios rejects the real Chrysis, sufficed by his dream. She presses her desire, so he makes her swear, as he had, to do his bidding, before revealing what it is: to wear the stolen items in public. She does so, appearing on the Lighthouse of Alexandria in the role of Aphrodite, nude and with the items worn as the attributes of the goddess. Imprisoned and condemned, Chrysis drinks hemlock in the indifferent presence of Démétrios. He then uses her nude body as a model, posing it in the violent attitude in which he had seen her in his dream, to create the statue of Immortal Life.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

These exquisitely crafted tales have provided inspiration to a wide range of artists, from Debussy, Gide, and Colette, to the directors of classic film noir. Originally banned in the United States, this first English translation from the original French editions recaptures the passionate writing that propelled Louys to the forefront of Fin de Siecle literature.

Pierre Louys, Aphrodite and The Songs of Bilitis: Two Erotic Tales from the Fin de Siecle

Chicago Spectrum Press

Originally published in 1896, this famous French classic depicting courtesan life in ancient Alexandria, is considered a graceful mixture of licentiousness and erudition, and made Pierre Louys (1870-1925) famous in his day. It has been called the most fascinating love tale ever told - the modern classic which eclipses in exotic beauty and simplicity all the works of the ancients who wrote on the theme of sensuous live. Charming and exquisite as this masterpiece is, it is nevertheless a true historical document of early Greek morality (set about fifty years B.C.E.). It is unquestionably the greatest of French love novels, and in its day, the best-selling work by any living French writer (350,000 copies), inspiring a host of translations, as well as dramatic and operatic adaptations.

Fredonia Books (NL)

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.

The She-devils

Erotica

olympiapress.com

Young Antoinette, known as Toinon, is the,precocious narrator of these memoirs from a select,girl's boarding school. In these scandalous pagesToinon details the wild sexual experimentation,that transpires nightly between herself, her,seventeen boarders and certain members of staff.,This explicit hymn to lesbianism and sexual mania,was among the papers of Pierre Louys, author of,the infamous THE SHE DEVILS. First english,translation in a limited collectors hardcover,edition.

The Erotic Adventures of Toinon

Creation Books

Aphrodite, tome 3

Claire Wendling

Humanoïdes

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The Songs of Bilitis

Aphrodite

Les Chansons de Bilitis (French Edition)

Aphrodite

Pierre Louys, Aphrodite and The Songs of Bilitis: Two Erotic Tales from the Fin de Siecle

Aphrodite

The She-devils

The Erotic Adventures of Toinon

Aphrodite, tome 3