{"product_id":"9781535450003","title":"The Altar of Venus: The Erotic Education of an Edwardian Gentleman","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmidst the colourful backdrop of the roaring twenties, where money talked sweetly and seductively, a man of means and an appetite to match will pursue his sexual proclivities to true libertine proportions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur 30 something narrator recounts his sexual history, from naive youth to rakish gentleman, in a deliciously graphic prose. With eager fairground adolescents, accommodating prostitutes, coquettish Parisians, and knowledgeable vixens, our protagonist bears witness and partakes in the full range of physical gratification on offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd with a particular fondness for \"Frenching\" (gamahuching), our gentleman delights in the mysterious qualities of the Mons Veneris in the orgastic satisfactions of those he has the pleasure of intimate association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis absolute gem of post Edwardian Erotica, written anonymously in 1934, paints a picture of a culture on the brink of sexual abandon, from the dingy to the decadent of London to the frolic of Parisian bordellos. A must for any collection of libertinage literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48566887809265,"sku":"9781535450003","price":14.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781535450003_p0.jpg?v=1786815172","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781535450003","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}