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No one really knows the identity of the pleasure seeking author or what in this diary is fact or fiction but richard johnsons reading makes a convincing and compelling case as the chronicler of. My secret life, the erotic autobiography of a wealthy victorian english gentleman has been described as the strangest book ever written. Listen to ben stiller narrate the secret life of walter mitty. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook. My secret life, by walter, is the memoir of a gentleman describing the authors sexual. My secret life, volume 1 chapter 1 original score youtube.
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It is this basic idea which is the only thing common between this short story and the movie, which was one of the first movies i had seen last year. From his precocious childhood to the end of what he calls his amatory career, an adventurous victorian known only as walter records a breathtaking carnal epic through hundreds of sexual encounters with one or more nursemaids, prostitutes, cousins, actresses, workingmen, and. One of the strangest and most obsessive books ever written. It is narrated and scored by hollywood film composer dominic crawford collins keywords. This is actually quite enough, as the actions areas walter himself ownsbasically the same after a certain point, and the preliminaries alone vary.
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My secret life was originally printed but not published in the 1880s and 1890s, in 11 volumes, spanning 4,400 pages. It consists of eleven volumes, originally published privately by the author himself between 1888. It constitutes an immense work, detailing over 1,200 encounters with prostitutes. Apr 15, 2010 my secret life harper perennial forbidden classics ebook written by walter. My secret life is a haunting evocation of life behind closed doors in the victorian age and one of the most sexually obsessed books ever written. Published anonymously, this 11volume set was published by amsterdambased auguste brancart, and has been widely banned as smut or erotica. My secret life, walter my secret life, 19th century literature, 19th c literature, 19th century writing, 19th. My secret life is a memoir probably a fake one written by an anonymous gentleman calling himself walter. In this vast autobiographical confessional the author recounts, in meticulous detail, his sexual exploits throughout the course of a life devoted entirely to the pursuit of carnal pleasure.
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The secret life of walter mitty is a very short read, where an ordinary man keeps escaping from his mundane life by virtue of his highly imaginative daydreams, in which he is a hero of sorts. It is the sexual memoir of a welltodo gentleman who began at an early age to keep a diary of his erotic behavior. My secret life harper perennial forbidden classics by. My secret life is an audiobook of the classic erotic autobiography written by a victorian english gentleman. The book that was banned for more than 100 years my secret life was first published between 18881894 in 11 volumes in a. Read my secret life volume 3 the sex diary of a victorian gentleman by walter available from rakuten kobo. James thurbers celebrated short story, the secret life of walter mitty, has enjoyed a long life. Text of my secret life complete text, as downloadable pdf. My secret life is a dark work of victorian erotica, and an explicit memoir of unspoken desires in the english class system encapsulating the joy of hidden sins in an age of moral fervour.
My secret lifevolume 1chapter 1 wikisource, the free. Comprising onehundredandeightyfour chapters and over one million words, the epic confessional describes in eloquent and explicit detail the exploits of a man who refers to himself simply as walter, whose life was devoted to the pursuit of. My secret life was a revolutionary piece of writing. Subtitled the secret diary of a victorian gentleman, this book was banned for being sexually explicit and pornographic but following its publication has become known as an erotic masterpiece. Walters mantra might have been adopted from jeanjaques rousseau in his confessions. It consists of eleven volumes, originally published privately by the author himself between 1888 and 1895.
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