Talk:Story of O

message: She not only had a short name, she was on a short leash.
Some critics consider this the first bona fide novel to deliberately sexually stimulate the reader as part of the reading experience, as opposed to being porn, which does that without actually telling a story that anyone cares about.  Subjective.
The French consider it a great novel.  But they like Jerry Lewis too.
It's worth noting that the book exists in several censored forms, and that its original last chapter includes the heroine's voluntary death... -- 2002 Mar 26, 24.150.61.63
: This "suicide ending", which is one of two possible endings mentioned in the book, serves as the final paragraph. It is essentially a footnote. As with the other "suppressed" ending mentioned in the paragraph before it, it was omitted by Reage and was never published. Joseph S Atkinson 07:58, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I consider Jerry Lewis a great comic.  But I like Story of O too.  And French. Unfree (talk) 19:52, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Old talk

message: What is the significance of the inclusion of the image of the "Ring of Roissy" on this page?  There's nothing in the text to indicate why it's important to this article.  --206.61.189.130 21:32, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's the emblem of the secret society in the book... AnonMoos 02:09, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See now Ring of O... AnonMoos (talk) 05:26, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ring

message: I removed the following from the article, as it does not appear to have any evidence to support it:
:It is thought that a real-life O and inspiration in the entourage of Anne Desclos was French novelist Janine Aeply, the wife of French painter Jean Fautrier.
Please do not re-insert this into the article unless it can be supported by citation to an independent source, to which it would need to be attributed. -- Karada 09:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed from the article 

message: Writer of O http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/writer_of_o/about.php --Nemissimo II 14:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Documentation

message: Some people I know have claimed Story of O (or perhaps the English translation) is now public domain. Does anybody have confirmation on this, either way?--Mightyfastpig 07:33, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would tend to doubt that.  Possibly the first English translation could be out of copyright in the U.S. if copyright was not explicitly renewed at the appropriate time, but there would need to be documentation on that. AnonMoos 17:22, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Public Domain

message: I have no real idea who Damian Rice may be, but I do know that his alleged reference to the Story of O seems to be controversial and strongly disputed by some, and furthermore has very little importance to this article.  Therefore, it is not appropriate to be included in this article without some kind of source or reference... AnonMoos (talk) 03:18, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Damien Rice nonsense

message: If the putative connection with Story of O is rejected by the editors at O (Damien Rice album) (as seems to be the case), then it should not be added here. AnonMoos (talk) 03:58, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Further (2011)

message: Two edit buttons, those for "Publishing history", appear out of place. Unfree (talk) 19:48, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit buttons

message: "Die Marquise von O..." is a famous novella by Heinrich von Kleist. Desclos being a professional writer is almost certain to have known it. In addition, the novel deals with the rape of an anonymous widow --- her name is abbreviated to its first letter. This can't be a coincidence.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.152.208.69 (talk) 23:01, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: However, there's almost no real similarity in subject matter.  The Marquise doesn't even know she's been raped until she becomes pregnant, and is a mother of several at the time the story begins and the mother of a number of others by the story's end, without ascertainable masochistic tendencies... AnonMoos (talk) 02:31, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Speculations about the origin of the name "O" 

message: It will be 50 years since publication in 2014. Is anyone planning to commemorate this? Like it or loathe it O is undeniably one of the most influential novels of the 20th century. Or indeed any century. SmokeyTheCat 09:25, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Is it really widely influential, or mostly only among certain subcultures?  In any case, Wikipedia can report on notable anniversary celebrations, but it's not a place for organizing them... AnonMoos (talk) 12:42, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

text: You misspelled "60" ;) —Tamfang (talk) 04:41, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  50th anniversary coming 

message: I think the last scene of the movie needs to be mentioned in the plot section. Despite O's complete submission throughout the film, it ends with her burning an O into her master's skin. This ending is important and highlights complexity of the master-slave relationship. 69.119.232.155 (talk) 04:05, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's wildly inconsistent with the book, though.  Add it to the paragraph about Jaeckin's movie, if you like. —Tamfang (talk) 04:40, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: There is nothing complex in the master-slave relationship. If complexity there was ( in the book the tone is rather leading to the contrary ), it is put in the internal struggle of the individual, a balance between the requirements of her social statute that could be resumed with "arrogance", and her attraction for living a part of her life fully irresponsible. The masters intend to grant her that privilege, for their benefit while remaining themselves free, which means, themselves not obviously responsible for her degradation. By the way, there are some unsourced assertions in #Publishing history. P.R's choice for a name starts rather with Odalisque, and other considerations. --Askedonty (talk) 11:02, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot ending 

message: I wonder if this is a mistranslation.  French "publicité" basically means advertising... AnonMoos (talk) 12:08, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: "publicity ban"

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Um … is there something remarkable about that last part?? —Tamfang (talk) 08:08, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  translation publisher 

message: Story of O was mentioned on Frasier, when Roz dresses as her for Halloween. People go 'Oh' every time she says who she's dressed as.
Just wondered if someone might want to mention that. -- 00:30, 14 July 2021 2a02:c7d:11fc:3300:2d76:66f6:d14f:da8f
:It was in a previous version of the article, then someone eventually deleted it as pop-culture trivia.  (At least it was valid trivia, unlike the annoying Damien Rice thing...) -- AnonMoos (talk) 07:48, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  No discussion of Frasier Crane? 

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Book?  That's the title of the preface to the sequel Retour à Roissy … —Tamfang (talk) 18:41, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  une fille amoureuse 

message: The point is that this exact copy contains a highly interesting claim about the book, that it was inspired by the Austrian philosoper Otto Weininger´s ideas about the absolute man and the absolute woman, and that role plaid by the character of ´O´ is a reflection of the absolute woman. I don´t cite the book that lists this edition of the magazine as a footnote within itself as a reference here, because the overrall subject of the book is too different from what is being discussed in the article here. StrongALPHA (talk) 09:44, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It was edited by Stephen Spender. StrongALPHA (talk) 12:39, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anyone have access to a digital record of Edition VIII of the literary magazine Encounter?