{"id":7661,"date":"2014-08-01T17:42:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T09:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog?p=7661&#038;preview_id=7661"},"modified":"2026-03-07T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T05:00:42","slug":"the-sex-stories-that-changed-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/the-sex-stories-that-changed-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sex Stories That Changed The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re multi-sensory creatures, us humans, and that\u2019s never truer than when it comes to arousal. Titillation goes far beyond touch alone: think Jane Birkin\u2019s breathless accompaniment to Serge Gainsbourg\u2019s \u2018<em>Je T\u2019Aime<\/em>\u2019 for example, or pretty much any pornography you\u2019d care to mention. But there\u2019s another medium that\u2019s long been getting us hot under the collar \u2013 and between the sheets: Erotic Literature.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst E.L. James\u2019 \u201850 Shades\u2019 trilogy may continue to stir loins the world over, the British author represents just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to erotic writing. Time will tell whether the racy romps of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/50-shades-grey-trailer-review\/\">Ana Steele and Christian Grey<\/a> stand the test of time, but already, the genre boasts a rich history of quality, controversy and censorship. Read on for LELO\u2019s top five titillating texts that changed <em>everything.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">#1 The Kama Sutra<\/h2>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/KamaSutra34.jpg\" alt=\"KamaSutra34\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/KamaSutra34.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/KamaSutra34-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>\u201cIn short, nothing tends to increase love so much as the effects of marking with the nails, and biting\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thought to date from between 400 BCE and 200 CE, Hindu philosopher V\u0101tsy\u0101yana\u2019s guide to love and life is perhaps the best-known yet most-misunderstood sex text out there. Where now, some 2,000 years on, the very name conjures images of entwined, contortionist-like lovers, as is so often the case, sex is just one part of the equation. An of-the-time guide to gracious and virtuous living, it spans everything from personal hygiene to \u2018how to be a good wife\u2019. In the West, though, the work has become synonymous with its lyrical descriptions of some 64 sex acts and positions.<\/p>\n<h3>Why It Matters<\/h3>\n<p>One of the world\u2019s oldest known Sanskrit sacred texts, the Kama Sutra\u2019s relevance is as much about its historical context as its positioning in modern culture. Only translated into English in 1883, in the West it became a mainstay of bedside tables during the 1960s, coinciding with a sexual revolution that arguably still resonates today.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">#2 Marquis de Sade<\/h2>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7815 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Sade_1.jpeg\" alt=\"Sade_1\" width=\"363\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Sade_1.jpeg 363w, https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Sade_1-300x258.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cIn order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Widely reviled in life and in death, the Marquis de Sade is a divisive character when it comes to erotic fiction. A catalogue of crime, from the violent abduction of prostitutes through to sodomy and blasphemy saw the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century aristocrat spend a total 32 years in prisons and asylums across France. During that time, the libertine penned a huge body of work \u2013 much of which was subsequently destroyed by disgraced relatives \u2013 including \u2018Justine\u2019 and \u2018Juliette\u2019. Those two novels in particular piqued the wrath of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1801, resulting in Sade\u2019s final imprisonment before dying behind bars in 1814.<\/p>\n<h3>Why It Matters<\/h3>\n<p>Spanning film, literature and art, de Sade\u2019s legacy is as complicated as it is rich. Certainly, the posthumous publication of works like \u2018120 Days of Sodom\u2019 in 1905 (described by Sade himself as &#8220;the most impure tale that has ever been told since our world began&#8221;) raised important issues surrounding pornography, morality and censorship. What\u2019s more, it\u2019s from de Sade\u2019s depictions of violence, cruelty and humiliation that we derive the terms \u2018Sadist\u2019 and \u2018Sadism\u2019. So there you go.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">#3 Fanny Hill<\/h2>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7819 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Memoirs_of_a_Woman_of_Pleasure_Fanny_Hill_1749_edition_title_page-173x300.jpg\" alt=\"Memoirs_of_a_Woman_of_Pleasure_Fanny_Hill_1749_edition_title_page\" width=\"173\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Memoirs_of_a_Woman_of_Pleasure_Fanny_Hill_1749_edition_title_page-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Memoirs_of_a_Woman_of_Pleasure_Fanny_Hill_1749_edition_title_page.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;\u2026Not the plaything of a boy, nor the weapon of a man, but a Maypole, of so enormous a standard, that, had proportions been observed, it must have belonged to a young giant&#8230;In short, it stood an object of terror and delight&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Published in two halves \u2013 in 1748 and 1749 respectively \u2013 John Cleland\u2019s \u2018Fanny Hill\u2019 continues to shock and seduce readers the world over. A veritable romp through 18<sup>th<\/sup> century England, our eponymous heroine is a 15-year old orphan whose life descends into the murky world of prostitution. Apart from it doesn\u2019t: rather, the book is an affirmative and even heartening celebration of female pleasure, discovery and love. Case in point: our sample quote describing Fanny\u2019s enchantment at a particularly impressive penis\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Why It Matters<\/h3>\n<p>\u2018Fanny Hill\u2019 broke the mold with a likeable, principled female protagonist who \u2013 shock! horror! \u2013 <em>enjoys<\/em> sex. That her erotic encounters are described in such delightfully poetic metaphors \u2013 think \u201cflesh brush\u201d and \u201cpleasure-thirsty channel\u201d \u2013 only adds to the seduction. Unfortunately for Cleland his publishers <em>and<\/em> printers, neither the Church of England nor the British Government shared our assessment, resulting in the author\u2019s imprisonment for \u201ccorrupting the King&#8217;s subjects\u201d. Banned internationally for its \u2018obscene\u2019 and \u2018pornographic\u2019 content, legal wrangles in 1960s America challenged notions of censorship, paving the way for a new generation of writers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">#4 Lady Chatterley\u2019s Lover<\/h2>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7823 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/lady-chatterlys-lover.jpg\" alt=\"lady chatterlys lover\" width=\"500\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/lady-chatterlys-lover.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/lady-chatterlys-lover-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cThen as he began to move, in the sudden helpless orgasm, there awoke in her new strange thrills rippling inside her. Rippling, rippling, rippling, like a flapping overlapping of soft flames, soft as feathers, running to points of brilliance, exquisite and melting her all molten inside. It was like bells rippling up and up to a culmination. She lay unconscious of the wild little cries she uttered at the last.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even today, D.H. Lawrence\u2019s 1928 novel still carries connotations of scandal and intrigue. Heck, some readers may remember thumbing through one of the earliest editions, modestly wrapped in anonymous brown paper, presumably to preserve bookshelves\u2019 respectability. The plot centers on Connie \u2013 the eponymous Lady Chatterley \u2013 and her frustration at being emotionally and physically neglected by her war-wounded husband. So what does she do? She begins a passionate affair with handsome gamekeeper, Mellor. Smashing taboos of class, gender roles and sex along the way, Connie comes to understand that love is as much about the body as it is the mind.<\/p>\n<h3>Why It Matters<\/h3>\n<p>It took more than thirty years for an uncensored version of Lawence\u2019s book to be published in the UK. That finally became available in 1960, coinciding with and arguably contributing to an altogether different kind of sexual revolution of the time. The delay largely came down to Lawrence\u2019s penchant for then-unprintable language \u2013 think cunt, shit, fuck and the like. Penguin Books \u2013 the publisher of the unabridged 1960 edition \u2013 famously fought prosecution under the UK\u2019s Obscene Publications Act 1959. It was a landmark case that forced prosecutors to accept not only the literary merit of Lawrence\u2019s work, but also the changing social norms of the times.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">#5 The Story of O<\/h2>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7825 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Histoire_d_o.jpg\" alt=\"Histoire_d_o\" width=\"224\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Histoire_d_o.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Histoire_d_o-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cAs a matter of fact,&#8221; the other voice went on, &#8220;if you do tie her up from time to time, or whip her just a little, and she begins to like it, that\u2019s no good either. You have to get past the pleasure stage, until you reach the stage of tears.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Picking up where Marquis de Sade left off, French author Anne Desclos\u2019 1954 novel is a hotbed of dominance, submission and love. Originally published under a penname, the writer\u2019s true identity was only revealed shortly before Desclos\u2019 death in 1998. The book follows O, a young Parisian woman who is schooled by her lover in the art of unwavering submission. To that end, her anus is widened, her labia pierced and her bottom branded. Needless to say, blindfolds, whips and chains are par for the course. She becomes the willing slave, unrequited lover and ultimately \u2018property\u2019 of new master, Sir Stephen before things take an altogether darker turn\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Why It Matters<\/h3>\n<p>\u2018The Story of O\u2019 appeared at a kind of moral crossroads in France: as it was picking up literature prize Prix des Deux Magots, for example, it was also fighting obscenity charges. But it was what happened some 40 later that really cemented O\u2019s real significance: the revelation that it was written by a woman. For some, that only added to the outrage, with interpretations of the book\u2019s cryptic \u2018O\u2019 as merely \u2018object\u2019 or \u2018orifice\u2019 or \u2018hole\u2019. The book\u2019s themes resonated with the BDSM community in particular, and even inspired the name of America\u2019s first lesbian S\/M group \u2013 Samois, after a fictional estate mentioned in the work.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>What all these works show is that the written word can be not only a powerful force for change, but also a pretty potent aphrodisiac. Reading has never been so sexy\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Check out our collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/erotic-fantasies\/\">Erotica Stories<\/a> that are user-submitted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Enjoy 15% off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LELO.com<\/a> with code <span style=\"color: #800080;\">VOLONTE15<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re multi-sensory creatures, us humans, and that\u2019s never truer than when it comes to arousal. 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