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description: One of literature's erotic masterpiecesPart One (title page) / Book One (cover colophon) / Vol. I (cover). Artwork by Milo ManaraAphrodite is a masterpiece of French 19th century literature. This classical tale of sensuous love was one of the best-selling novels of its time. Published in 1896 Aphrodite made Pierre Lous famous and was by far his greatest success surpassing that of his other well-know works such as The Songs of Bilitis. Conceived as a novel of the antiquity focusing on women &amp; on light Aphrodite lends itself naturally to illustration. The story takes place in Alexandria in the 1st Century BC where Demetrios a renowned artist falls in love with a courtesan Chrysis. She asks him to prove his love to her by committing three crimes &amp; Demetrios agrees.For this English edition we have deliberately chosen to use an anonymous translation from 1928 [by Whittaker Chambers] whose delectably quaint language we feel best preserves the picturesque style of Lous' original.
language: English
title: Aphrodite, Part One
publisher: Humanoids Publishing