O m’a dit/1 [Avant-Propos] In the text: RD is Régine Deforges, PR is Pauline Réage, notes [in brackets] are from me. All html links are mine. © Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1975, 1995. RD - Pauline Réage, you are the author of one of the most read modern French novels in the world: Histoire d’O. A book … Continue reading #WW ~ O m’a dit/1
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#WritersWednesday ~ O m’a dit/Avant-Propos
O m’a dit ~ Avant Propos This translation of "O m'a dit" is my own. I acknowledge all copyrights: editions Jean-Jacques Pauvert (1975 and 1995), Régine Deforges, Gallimard, estate of Ms Aury. An American-English translation of "O m'a dit" was published in the 80's by Viking Press. Régine Deforges interviews Pauline Réage in 1975, twenty … Continue reading #WritersWednesday ~ O m’a dit/Avant-Propos
The End of the Challenge #AtoZChallenge #WritersWednesdays
The End of the Challenge There is always an anticlimax at the end, like finishing the first reading of a beloved book. But, somehow, one of the posts has given me an idea. Doing research for the Challenge leads sometime to old friends, or friends one did not expect to have. Thus I have met … Continue reading The End of the Challenge #AtoZChallenge #WritersWednesdays
#AtoZChallenge: April 17, 2013 ~ (Histoire d’)O
For @Unraveling_Mari When it was published in 1954 it was an immediate success spurred by the condemnation of the censors, worthy successors, in their ineptitude, of Lady Chatterley’s judges. This is the story of O, a born and ingénue submissive to be, who learns the true meaning of openness and acquires the gift of obedience. Chained, … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 17, 2013 ~ (Histoire d’)O
