The Eleven Thousand Rods
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| Author: | Guillaume Apollinaire | |
| Country | Paris, France | |
| Language(s) | French & English | |
| Period | 20th Century (1900-1909) | |
| Subject | Sadomasochism , Female Sadism , Male Sadism , Female Masochism , scatology | |
| Publisher | France Loisirs | |
| Pages | 127p | |
| Specs | Illustrated with dust jacket. | |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0800823849 | |
| Notes | Amazon author notes [1] | |
| Biblio Curiosa: | (click here) | |
Les Onze Mille Verges ou les Amours d'un hospodar[Note 1] [Source 1]is a pornographic novel by French author Guillaume Apollinaire, published in 1907 over his initials "G.A.". The title contains a play on the Catholic veneration of the "Eleven thousand Virgins" (French: les onze mille vierges), the martyred companions of Saint Ursula, replacing the word vierge (virgin) with verge (rod) due to a slip of the tongue by the protagonist and as an omen of his fate. The use of the word verge may also be considered as a pun for it is used as a vulgarism for the male member.
In 1907 Guillaume Apollinaire published the well-known erotic novel, The Eleven Thousand Rods (Les Onze Mille Verges). Officially banned in France until 1970, various printings of it circulated widely for many years. Apollinaire never publicly acknowledged authorship of the novel.
- The Eleven Thousand Rods
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105. "ONZE" (Les) mille verges par G ... A ... Paris: en vent chez tous les libraires. (?Elias Gaucher, 1911.) 8vo. pp. 184. Original grey printed wrappers preserved. Dawes Bequest. The BL general catalogue suggests that this edition was published in 1919. (13 June 1964.) P.C. 13.b.4.
106. (Another edition.) "ONZE" (Les) mille verges. Bruxelles: 1947. 8vo. pp. 119. Original cream wrappers, printed in blue, preserved. Limited to 1000 copies, of which this is no. 143 of 950 on vélin. (30 January 1964.) P.C. 14.1.46.
107. "ONZE" (Les) mille verges. The Debauched hospodar (en: Master). Translated from the French by Oscar Mole (i.e. Alexander Trocchi) Paris: The Olympia Press, (1953). 8vo. pp. 157. (30 January 1964.) P.C. 14.h.41
108. (Another edition of the French text.) Les Onze mille verges. Paris: l'Or du Temps I Régine Deforges, 1970. 8vo. pp. xxii, 222. Original printed wrappers preserved. This edition contains a preface, unsigned, that has been ascribed to Louis Aragon. It is dated "Mai 1930." The postface is signed "Toussaint Médecin-Molinier." (is November 1970.) P.C. 28.b.34. (Orig. x.900/10214.)
Notes
- Original edition published by E. Left to 1907. (Dutel 636)
- Republished under Mr Vibescu, My Adventures gallant Publishing Monegasques [v. 1969]. See Dutel 1971, vol. 2.
- Roman pornographic unbridled fantasy and surreal humor where we find under the names of André Bar and Tristan vinegar, journalists André Barre and Tancred of Visan." Source: Dutel 636.
References
- ↑ Amazon author notes - https://www.amazon.com/Guillaume-Apollinaire/e/B001HPVJ0C/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
Notes
- ↑ A Hospodor is a slavic Lord or Master
Sources
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:The_Eleven_Thousand_Rods ]
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