Passion D'Amour

by Anne-Marie Villefranche

This erotic classic contains Plaisir d'Amour and Joie d'Amour, two internationally bestselling memoirs of 1920s Paris. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786701714
• ISBN13: 9780786701711
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

From the queen of French erotica two marvellous classics

Anne-Marie Villefranche's books have been published and re-published as stand alone novels, and, most vexingly as mutliple book novels such as this book Passion D'Amour, with, a new title that has a tendency to obscure the original titles. So, if your are like moi, an afficionado of erotica the chances are excellent that you will have multiple copies of this authors' book ..... that may be the bad news, but, the good news is that her books are fabulous enough that you'll always have a copy nearby to read when you want to while away solitary moments. This book has two full novels.... 1) Palisir d'Amour 2) Joi d'Amour In Plaisir the author takes us on a rollercoaster ride of 10 short stories with different characters, plots and settings. Each story of approximately 20 to 30 pages is so well written and so well developed that the reader does not feel cheated after finishing the story and demnding more. Each story has its own climax (so to say) and the characters are so well developed to make the tale viable. The author very masterfully is able to tell a story without having to get into lengthly set-up before the story even begins. She does this by very deftly tying all the characters together as the sons, daughters, wives etc of a large well known and libidinous Parisienne family in the 1920's .... absolutely marvellous .... To give you a flavour of the book, in the first story, Jeanne Takes A Lover' we find the young Christophe Brissard (some think this is the author's family) meeting the very married Jeanne Vernay (another well known Parisienne family) at a family dinner. Jeanne visits Christophe in his bedroom, after everyone went to bed, and our two lovers waste little time in tasting the fruits of the flesh. Jeanne however keeps warning Christophe that during his lovemaking he takes her to heights she has never been before and she is very scared. Their secret encounters continue while Christphe and jeanne slowly teach each other to let loose their inhibitions. In Joie d'Amour we find a similar number of scrumptios short stories. 'A Lesson for Bernard' we find a young Bernard Gaillard meeting a married Simone Lebrun at a Brissard family dinner. Since taking a lover is such a very very French thing to do Simone and Bernard eventually find themselves together in bed where Simone is more intersted in using her hands to make love to Bernard than other parts of her body. Although she gives in to Bernards requirment to complete the sex act, Simone simply explains to him that this does not give her the ultimate pleasure she yearns for, but, she would just rather play with him using her hands. The young Bernard is so disconcerted he seeks the advice of more learned friends to be able to reconcile Simones wants and wishes to his desire to continue the clandestine affair.... Wonderfull works of erotic literature I WILDLY recommend ANY of Vellefranches books as being erotica that can be read over and over for years to come ... to date in my mind (and I've

Anything by Anne-Marie Ville Franche

All her books are delightful, and esp. wonderful for women who like erotica with well drawn characters and some actual plot. They're short stories with reoccuring characters, and remind me of Guy de Maupassant in some ways. The books have a light hearted, playful approach to their characters' erotic adventures and personal foibles. Many of the books are out of print, but still not hard to find. Buy them all, you'll treasure and re-read them many times. The only other books I like as well -- as a good combination of titillation and enthralling writing --are the Sleeping Beauty books by Anne Rice and an Anonymous book called Maid's Night In. The Ville-Franche books, however, are more romantic and less kinky. An excellent choice for a woman just discovering erotica, as they are accessible and show women playing and often besting men in the games of love.