Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan

By Guillaume Apollinaire

Book Overview

The Exploits of a Young Don Juan recounts the sexual coming of age of Roger amidst his entourage of naive and not so naive woman while his father is away on business. And Roger surely plays while the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853266078
• ISBN13: 9781853266072
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Wordsworth Edition
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fast Moving but ultimately empty

This is a story of a young man who has NEVER experienced physical intimacy with women and is now going to make up for "lost time". The action is rapid. The physical activity is well-described. However, the women are -- essentially -- so shallow as to be "puppets". Every woman described "gives in" to our hero with only the faintest of protests. Even his sister who has a boy friend / fiance gets "moving right along". The...

A sexual awakening story of young Roger ...

Young Roger is taken to the French countryside chateaux by his mother, aunt and sister for a Summer at the age of 15 and discovers that there is more to life than playing hide and go seek. Starting with the fact Roger used to take baths with his sister till he was about 14 and she was 15 while the 27 virginal Aunt took special care to make sure they bathed and dried themselves properly, there was very little in the way of...

A Lighthearted Romp

This book tells of the sexual awakening of a young man named Roger, and how he goes about slaking his burning lust (with the maids, his aunt, his sisters...). So in other words, no real plot here. The first half of the book is a tease where we read about the things that ignite young Roger's passion. The second half has Roger seeing non-stop action. Lot's of good, dirty, fun...