Plaisir D'Amour: An Erotic Memoir of Paris in the 1920s

by Anne-Marie Villefranche and Villefranc

Book Overview

Set in Paris in the 1920s, this book is a sensuous novel of illicit liaisons and snatched caresses in the smoke-filled cafes and tree-lined boulevards of Paris. The story follows the fortunes of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088184022X
• ISBN13: 9780881840223
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The sauciest and best erotica from a master author ....

The following is a review of 'Plaisir D'Amour' as full novel that is included in 'Passion d'Amour'...... this is a fabulous stand alone erotica novel and in the case of this author just getting your hands on a copy is difficult enough .....Quote 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 (Passion d'Amour) 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. In 'A Lesson for Bernard' a young Bernard Gaillard meets 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

Fabulous Historical Eroticism

This is the absolute best erotic book I've ever read.It has just the right style of subtle, sophisticated arousal.