Hartford Advocate: In the novel, O, a young fashion photographer, gives herself over to the sadistic wishes of her lover Rene. She is taken to a castle, Roissy, where she is blindfolded, whipped, and used by masked, anonymous men. Later, her lover hands her over to Sir Stephen, who similarly uses her. The novel is written in cool, level prose, from O's point of view, and charts her descent into a state of total subjugation, and the gratification she takes in becoming an object of pleasure. When the book appeared in 1954, it was an instant sensation, though banned.
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