The history of erotic literature is long and distinguished. It holds valuable lessons and insights for the
general reader, the sociologist, the student of sexual behavior, and the literary specialist interested in
knowing how people of different cultures and different times acted and how these actions relate to the
present. Because of the inherent value to all students of the human condition of these classic erotic works,
we have chosen not to alter these books in any way, shape, or form. It is presented to the reader exactly
as it first appeared in print. Thus, all of the subtleties are exposed to our view-the haste or extreme care
taken by the author and the original publisher, the manner of speech and communication, the colloquialisms
of the time, the means of expression, and the concepts of erotic stimulation-both real and imaginary-used
by the writer who was, in every sense, representative of his time.

MISFORTUNES OF MARY – Anonymous, 1860’s

An innocent young woman who still believes in the kindness of strangers unwittingly signs her life away to
a gentleman who makes demands upon her she never would have dreamed possible.

WHITE STAINS – Anaïs Nin & Friends, 1940’s

Sensual stories penned by Anaïs and some of her friends that were commissioned by a wealthy buyer for
$1.00 a page. These classics of pornography are not included in her two famous collections, Delta of Venus
and Little Birds.

INNOCENCE – Harriet Daimler, 1950’s

A lovely young bed-ridden woman would appear to be helpless and at the mercy of all around her, and indeed, they

all take advantage of her in shocking ways, but who’s to say she isn’t the one secretly dominating them?

THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE PASSION – Anonymous, 1860’s

A beautiful young woman discovers that there is much more to life in a monastery than anyone imagines as she
endures increasingly intense rituals of flagellation devotedly visited upon her by the sadistic brothers.