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[[Image:Mona butler 1921.jpg|thumb|Illustration from the German translation of the novel (1921).]]

'''When a Child Loves and When She Hates: A Tale of Birch and Bed''' is a [[Edwardian]] [[spanking novel]], first published anonymously in 1907 by [[Charles Carrington]], [[London]], in a private, 200-copy edition "for the author and his friends".

== Contents ==

The novel tells the story of Mona Butler, a 14-year-old girl who is seduced by her [[guardian]], Lord D. The same also engages in the [[whipping]] of other young girls on whom he commits [[rape]]. The novel also contains the seduction of a boy by an older [[governess]].

The original edition featured small drawings by an unnamed illustrator.

== Reissues and translations ==

The original author was given as "A Gentleman". The novel was reissued under different titles and author's names:
* ''Child love'', by Lord Hardan; illustrated by [[Le Ray]]. Dijon, France, 1935 [New York, Miller Bros.]
* ''Mona, a Tale of Birch and Bed'' by "A Gentleman" (mass market paperback, Grove Press, 1971, # V-1026-Q)

Translations:
* ''Mona Butler. (Wenn ein Kind liebt....) Eine Geschichte von Liebe und Rute.'' by D. E. Loty (=Julius Eichenberg, German translation privately printed "only for scientific use" in Zürich, 1917, 1921, with five illustrations)
* ''Mona Butler'' by F. Gresley, (Haufmann Berlin, c. 1950, German translation) ISBN B001ANXLSE

The original is available in e-book form at [[Eros-Thanatos]] and various other e-book sites.

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