My Secret Life vs Vies des dames galantes: Which Should You Read?

My Secret Life Walter · 1966 ★★★★☆ 3.9 224 pages · ≈ 4 h 09 m · Challenging

“My earliest recollections of things sexual are of what I think must have occurred some time between my age of five and eight years.”

A rare look at the hidden side of Victorian lifeFrom his precocious childhood to the end of what he calls his "amatory career," an adventurous Victorian known only as "Walter" records a breathtaking carnal epic through…

Vies des dames galantes Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme · 1722 ★★★★☆ 3.8 308 pages · ≈ 5 h 42 m · Demanding

Avec des siècles de littérature, il est inévitable que certains passent entre les mailles du filet. Nous traquons les œuvres du domaine public et les restaurons afin qu'elles ne soient pas perdues pour le monde. Qui…