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Summary: Clarification for a reader from USA
Review: " Story of O" was written by Dominique Aury as a kind of extended love letter to rekindle the passions of a lover, the French writer and editor Jean Paulhan, who was gradually losing interest in her. Paulhan was captivated, and the novel was published in 1954 under the pseudonym Pauline Reage--homage, according to Aury, to her heroines Pauline Borghese and the 19th-century feminist-socialist Pauline Roland.
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Summary: Maybe Crepax's best --
Review: -- whatever that may mean to you.
His "Story of O" seems reasonably faithful to the book, and is well illustrated in his signature style. That style is linear, with little use of tones, and very appreciative of the female form.
Jaws jut oddly, though, and faces sometimes have an asymmetric distortion that jars. His male figures cover the range of everything you probably don't want to see, even with its clothes on.
If you already like the story that 'Pauline Reage' wrote, you'll probably like this visual rendering. If not, then this may not suit your taste.
//wiredweird
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Summary: Am I the only one who ordered this.......
Review: ....and received a comic book about O? Did I miss something? I'm reading reviews by others about a novel which contains chapters and what I got was a black and white comic book. This isn't what I thought I was ordering at all. I'll send this back, but I'm wary to buy other books online. There should be clearer descriptions.
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Summary: Very intense!
Review: A very intense and erotic book! Still controvercial after all these years! A must read!
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Summary: Classic? Yes. Definitive BDSM book? No.
Review: As SM books go, The Story of O is rather tame. But this book is so much more than just erotica. It's a story of complete submission, mental, physical, emotional. Is it a slam on women? I suppose. Could the protagonist have been male? Sure. But it wouldn't have been as effective. Face it, feminists denounce the book because a women becomes a slave to a man. What would the fems say if it had been the reverse? Probably nothing, because it would have been just another piece of porn (to them). That someone would give themselves so completely to another triggers something dark within us all. As fantasies go, it's a powerful one. As a lifestyle, it's an amazing study of the psyche.
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Summary: "The" classic novel of the dominance/submission genre
Review: By far the best novel of the dominance and submission genre, or if you will, the sadomasochistic genre, The Story of O captures its reader in the bonds of its dark world of sexual slavery. As O is drawn further into the enticing confines of total submission to the men that use her, we the readers find ourselves unable to put the book down, as we are horrified and delighted simultaneously. Although not for the fainthearted, anyone with a strong erotic imagination will certainly enjoy this classic work of fiction
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Summary: Not for the faint of heart or those looking for a sex fix
Review: Definitley an interesting read. Delving into how one can give themself up so completely and utterly... in it's own frightening way it can actually make you feel liberated in knowing how and why you give yourself up to someone (albeit not necessarily in such a fashion as O). The erotic content is subtle and is masked behind the rest of the story as well as what O endures... and that is part of the erotic content. If that is not understood it's just a story about a woman being tied up, used, whipped and branded. Not too erotic if you think about it. But in the context of the story, she endures it to show her love and devotion, and that is where it becomes erotic. Delving into the human psyche and uncovering that little part in all of us that wants to give ourselves completely to the one we love. However, if your looking for a quick, one handed read, this will not provide it. It's thinking erotica, definitely
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Summary: Story of O
Review: First read this story in 1975 or thereabouts. I really think that todays reviews of this story are probably a bit too much
as I believe the story was written as a challenge to the author that she could not write an erotic novel without it being called pornographic. I feel that she succeeded admirably and I have a copy which is well used! Also the movie is possibly the best one I have seen that portrays the book as is with no deviating from the storyline.
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Summary: Well-written but I hated it
Review: I am into S&M myself and I hated the Story of O. It was disturbing to me and rapidly became a complete turn-off. I didn't get past the first 2 chapters. One of the reviewers said this is a story of love. I couldn't disagree more-- what a twisted idea of love. O gives up her Self, becoming merely a thing, to the point that she is offed at the end of the book. How can there be love when there is no self? Does one love a possession? Do you love your T.V. set? I don't think so.This is obviously the sort of book that you either love or hate. There is no middle ground. One of the reviewers mentioned open-mindedness. S&Mers can be as closeminded as anybody, and then some. I told a fellow pervert that I hated the Story of O, and she said that people are going to be puzzled by my "strange" concept of domination and submission. I didn't find that very open-minded. Physician, heal thyself.
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Summary: hmmm.mmm....
Review: I bought this book purely based on the fact that it is deemed "classic literature" as well as "scandalous". I read through the first couple of chapters then threw it down with disgust..even for a translation it seemed poorly written and the content was DEFINITELY unnerving. (I was looking for a STORY behind the porn..and there was nothing but sex at first..).. Anyway, later that evening I picked it up and started to browse through it again..THIS TIME I saw the "story"! There is much more here than a woman debasing herself for a lover..there is much more here than the graphic depictions of sexual encounters...this is a story about the complex ities of love vs sex et al...about a very complex woman whom (it could be argued) was not "enslaved" at all. If there's anyone out there who,like me, want to read this as a literary experience..I would recommend it! BUT!..You must be willing (and able) to see the story through the sex..andI almost missed it because of a kind of knee-jerk, conservative reaction. I'm glad I overcame that, and allowed myself to finish the book.
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