country pages orig_lang_code media_type published title_orig oclc language genre author article_title name
austria 326 de print 1906 josefine von ihr selbst erzählt mutzenbacher -- die lebensgeschichte einer wienerischen dirne , 757734607 german erotica anon . -lrb- attributed to felix salten -rrb- josephine mutzenbacher
 josephine mutzenbacher
josephine mutzenbacher

josephine mutzenbacher -- the life story of a viennese whore , as told by herself -lrb- -rrb- is an erotic novel first published anonymously in vienna , austria in 1906 .
the novel is famous in the german-speaking world , having been in print in both german and english for over 100 years and sold over 3 million copies , becoming an erotic bestseller .
although no author claimed responsibility for the work , it was originally attributed to either felix salten -lrb- see `` bambi '' -rrb- or arthur schnitzler by the librarians at the university of vienna .
today , critics , scholars , academics and the austrian government designate salten as the sole author of the `` pornographic classic '' , josephine mutzenbacher .
the original novel uses the specific local dialect of vienna of that time in dialogues and is therefore used as a rare source of this dialect for linguists .
it also describes , to some extent , the social and economical conditions of the lower class of that time .
the novel has been translated into english , french , portuguese , spanish , italian , hungarian , hebrew , dutch , japanese , swedish and finnish , and been the subject of numerous films , theater productions , parodies , and university courses , as well as two sequels .
