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Fanny Hill scandalised thousands of Victorians with its vivid descriptions of sexual pleasure, and landed its author in court a year after publication on charges of corrupting the King's subjects. This only heightened its allure and today it is still hugely appreciated as a work of true erotic and literary merit.

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Justine was the Marquis de Sade's first novella, written in 1787, whilst imprisoned for two weeks in the Bastille. Although published anonymously, de Sade was eventually indicted for blasphemy and obscenity (without trial) for the authorship of Justine at the behest of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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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.

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Sadopaideia is a shocking, explicit, classic tale of Sado Masochism at the heart of English high society. Set in London and the Dorset coast, in an era of English history where corporal punishment was freely dispensed, the characters represent the core principles of disobedience, chastisement and compliance.

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The Autobiography of a Flea was initally published in 1887, and inspired a film directed by one of the first female pornographic directors from the 1970s. Starring the inimitable John C Holmes, it is recognised as a classic example of the x-rated genre.

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The Way of a Man with a Maid is a foray into pleasure, pain, lesbianism and etiquette told from the viewpoint of a quintessential Edwardian gent. Having first appeared in Parisian journals around the turn of the century, it is widely acknowledged to be a defining example of the erotic genre, and reveals the dark underbelly of human sexuality.

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First published in 1870, the author of Venus in Furs defined and unwittingly gave his own name to that sexual proclivity we know as masochism in this understated, charged erotic classic.

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Venus in India is set in colonial Hindustan, and reveals the story of Captain Devereux, a man who finds it hard to keep his hands off other soldiers wives. Exploring the fine art of menage a trois, each sinuous line provides proof that tropical heat and erotic lust are perfect bedfellows.

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First published in 1959, Emmanuelle inspired the most successful x-rated film of all time, spawning an industry in imitations and worldwide notoriety.