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y separately published work icon Story of O (International) assertion single work   novel  
First known date: 1954 Issue Details: First known date: 1954... 1954 Story of O
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Adaptations

Story of O Kate Davis , Emma Valente , 2013 single work drama

'The Rabble take on Pauline Reage’s famous erotic novel Story of O, reinventing it as a surreal and erotic visual fantasia. We follow a woman known only as O as she submits to her lover’s demands – sex with men, sex with women, sex in public, sex with strangers, sex with machines – a festival of perversity, a denouncement of self.

The Rabble take you deeper – exploring the recesses of O’s mind, the depths of female sexuality, deviancy, arousal and submission. A luscious, visceral odyssey through O’s looking glass. Story of O is THE RABBLE in their element : feminine, provocative, subversive and beautiful.'

Source: Melbourne Theatre Company.

Banned in Australia

Censorship Agencies: Literature Censorship Board
Decision: 2 Sep 1965
NAA Source: C4371/1; Box 2 Folder 25. C4129/1; Box S

Notes

  • Originally published in French 1954 in Paris by Jean-Jacques Pauvert, and written by author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage. The 1965 translated edition was banned in Australia.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Grove Press ,       1965 .
      Extent: xxxvi, 199p.
      Description: With a preface by Jean Paulhan
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