Trashy Book Review: "The Erotic Adventures of Arabella"

"Is it not more delicious than the finest of liqueurs? Come, leap with me into a divine course of wickedness. Say that you will!"

This story appears to have taken its main character's name from Charlotte Lenox's The Female Quixote, and its style from John Cleland and the Marquis de Sade. It is from an anonymous author and there is no indication of when the book was written, save that the events take place in the 1880s. The only version I have found is on the Amazon Kindle, here.

In the realm of sexual politics and philosophy, the book is very much like the Marquis de Sade. Arabella and her cousin Elaine are thus far like Juliette and her accomplices, except for the lack of bloodshed. There is a stress on refusal of what common-folk call morality, and a sense that women should have sex for their own pleasure.

Unlike Sade, this book is actually hot. The sexual diversions are intermingled with lesser philosophical debates; so far it is not heavy on atheism or refusal of all social norms. Sade's libertines are sociopaths, where Arabella and her circle are interested in carnality.

If you are looking for an erotic read that is not pure pablum, or cliché, you do far worse.

"The Convent of Hell"

Let's keep the filthy nun action going with the highly depraved The Convent of Hell.

It doesn't take long to determine these nuns are a strange bunch. Here is a little punishment session:


Well, the nuns find a weird door with many locks and sigils, and even the oldest brides of christ don't know what it is. So what do they do. You guessed it... After a tentacle porn scene, a nun returns in the night to perform a ritual. This starts all the trouble.


I won't tell you too much more. Just whetting your appetite, because, guess what? You can get the book as a PDF here, at Killer Kittens from Beyond the Grave. So, if Satanic nun orgies are up your alley, get this one.

Trashy Book Review: 1970s at the Newstand

Diane Hanson's The History of Men's Magazines, Volume 5: 1970s at the Newstand is a cornucopia of old school filth. Not terribly hardcore, but there is some definite genitalia present from both sexes.

This book is full of classic magazine covers, interior images, and profiles on porn publishers such as Larry Flint and Al Goldstein, and magazines such as Cheri and Gallery. Hanson also has her list of the five most important covergirls of the era. It is also huge. Bigger than a D&D book and approximately five-hundred pages. Hanson's writing is witty and fun. She has experience in the adult magazine industry and explains a great deal about this period's history.

Top 5 American Covergirls — 1968 to 1980
  Honorable Mention: John Holmes
  5. Seka
  4. Candy Samples
  3. Kitten Natividad
  2. Uschi Digard
  1. Roberta Pedon

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Hanson, Diane. The History of Men's Magazines, Volume 5: 1970s at the Newstand. Köln: Taschen, 2005.