{"product_id":"the-school-of-women-nicholas-chorier-9781955392686","title":"The School of Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe School of Women\u003c\/em\u003e, by Nicolas Chorier (AD 1612-1692), is an erotic novel written and published in the mid to late 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century France. It has a convoluted history, much of it made up: Luisa Sigea, a female Spanish poet, had purportedly written the original in Spanish (\u003cem\u003eSotadic Satire on the Mysteries of Love and Venus\u003c\/em\u003e); later Johannes Meursius, a Dutch classicist, purportedly translated it into Latin (\u003cem\u003eEleganti  Latini Sermonis...\u003c\/em\u003e). From there, it made its way into French and then English, multiple times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis translation in English, from the French, contains the first 5 of 7 dialogs between two young women protagonists, Tullie and her younger companion, Octavie. The plot is simple: Tullie, the more experienced of the two women, has been asked by Octavieʼs mother to instruct her daughter on how best to satisfy her future husband \u003cem\u003ein bed\u003c\/em\u003e. Unsurprisingly, the dialogs themselves take place in bed. Itʼs a coming of age story of sorts for Octavie, and a paean to tribadism as well as to the hetero\u003cem\u003esexual\u003c\/em\u003e love between a man and his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery graphic in nature, - if written today, it might have had a subtitle of \"How to please your man in bed, while practicing on a woman.\" Highly erotic - it is definitely not a book for children, and may not be a book for some adults even.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Chorier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1955392684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955392686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunny Lou Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Nicholas Chorier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45981051617535,"sku":"9781955392686","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c9766c8a-a078-4aa3-bfa5-cbadedf8a52f.jpg?v=1722417595","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-school-of-women-nicholas-chorier-9781955392686","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}