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    Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess

    By Alfred de Musset

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    "' What a picture! ' She shivered, making her breasts quiver, and I realized that this confession, far from horrifying her, was feeding her lust. You'll send the devil back into our flesh.' "

    Considered one of the truly great French writers of the nineteenth century, famed poet and novelist Alfred de Musset once decided (as great French writers are wont to do) to try his hand at erotic fiction. The glorious result was Gamiani, a classic tale of sensual pleasure and sexual excess. Reputedly inspired by the debauched history of Musset's former lover-the irrepressible George Sand-it is the classic erotic story of one man, two women . . . and two incomparable nights of uninhibited sexual adventure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 6, 2009
    ISBN9780061979422
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    Alfred de Musset

    Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist. Born in Paris, he was raised in an upper-class family. Gifted from a young age, he showed an early interest in acting and storytelling and excelled as a student at the Lycée Henri-IV. After trying his hand at careers in law, art, and medicine, de Musset published his debut collection of poems to widespread acclaim. Recognized as a pioneering Romanticist, de Musset would base his most famous work, The Confession of a Child of the Century (1836), on his two-year love affair with French novelist George Sand. Although published anonymously, de Musset has also been identified as the author of Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess (1833), a lesbian erotic novel. Believed to have been inspired by Sand, who dressed in men’s attire and pursued relationships with men and women throughout her life, Gamiani, or Two Passionate Nights was an immediate bestseller in France.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent book filled completely with pleasure and absurd techniques of achieving it.
    • 3/5
      Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess, is the principal contribution of de Musset to the erotic genre of the 1830s, at which time the main literary thrust was domiciled in France. It has been translated into English countless times, and the Olympia Press version of 2007 is one of the latest, although no translator is named, and the text, often awkwardly translated, is probably lifted from a much earlier edition. The book is quite short, and appears highly condensed compared with the freely flowing (and more explicit) style of today's erotica. Its style is elegantly literary, providing a mask for events that would have seemed shocking for most of the 180 years of its existence. There are three characters, Gamiani, an older woman of agressively sapphic tendencies, Fanny, a young girl who promptly falls under Gamiani's spell, and Baron Alcide, who begins as a voyeur of the two women and quickly becomes a participant. As with many examples of the genre, the story allows space for reminiscences about how the characters' predilections were formed, and also involves orgies, libidinous behaviour of the clergy, and even the participation of animals as protagonists. The book is necessary reading for those interested in the origins of modern erotica, but it might disappoint those who seek a racy read and a credible modern plot.
    • 3/5
      This is an imperfect book. The grammar fails at times, the punctuation in a couple of cases is not correct. The word reins replaces the word loins at all times which is ridiculous and the word tiens is used and seems misplaced.There is nothing specifically explicit about the language. Imagination can fill in many of the blanks but it must be a fairly lively imagination. It is a very short book with little in the way of plot. It is well written but not exciting. The ending is unsatisfactory. I do not recommend the book.