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

Les Chansons de Bilitis (French Edition)

Classics

Livres Généraux

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 Charming and exquisite as this masterpiece is, it is nevertheless a true historical document of early Greek morality (set about fifty years B.C.E.).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

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The Songs of Bilitis

Aphrodite

Les Chansons de Bilitis (French Edition)

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