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The Story of O - 2/22/2009 1:41:11 AM

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i'm sorry if this has been mentioned before, or if this is not the correct place to post this... But...

If Y/you've read it, what was Y/your feelings about it?
slaves/submissives, could you identify with O?
Masters/Mistresses/Dominants, would You treat O as Sir Stephen or Rene did?
How did Y/you feel about the ending?

i just read it and would like to hear how other people felt about it. Personally, i loved it, it was quite the emotional roller coaster as i felt i could identify with O.It was as though i felt every lash, the burning on her backside when she was branded, every time she was used and i cried for her at the end. It was a very intense experience for me, and i want to know if it was just as intense for A/anyone else.
Thank Y/you for taking Y/your time to read this.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 2:03:04 AM

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Can't speak to the book, but the movie sucked as anything but kinky humour.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 4:00:27 AM

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Ive just finished it too. I found it hard going due to the way it was written ad indeed I admit to having glossed over some of the endless descriptive, yearning for more of the actual narrative.

I thought the ending was a little abrubt and I didn't much get the alternative - as I thought SS was just renting her to the Commander for a short while. I didn't think he would be leaving her; particularly now she was marked.

Oh and the labia rings thing. That was the one thing in the book that appalled me. After finishing the book last night, I made a mental note to google for photos in the morning. And then during the night I had a dream whereby I was secretly going up to O as she slept and removing the rings with a hacksaw - obviously as a result of my feeligs towards the rings. However, I was completely cool with the branding

Edit: Am now waiting on delivery of the 1973 Film (Original French Version)

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 5:29:37 AM

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I read the Story of O and at first I felt it really sucked. Part of it was so very fictional and just written for the erotica, but really I hated the ending. It took me several years to realize that although the story did not end the way I would have liked it to end, I saw that O truly was a slave as she went with another simply to please her Master. That truly was the heart of a slave and I doubt that many would be able to just simply obey that request.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 5:40:21 AM

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I hated the analogies. I felt O was treated like garbage to then throw away. While the character in the book who she worked with who wasnt a slave, i forgot the name. The one that worried she was pregnant. O's first Master was chasing after her. SO the men chasing after what they cant have while throwing away the dutiful one came across to me. WHat message does that give? Also so unrealistic. Well it is erotica but no one ever got their period. they were just able to be pantiless or naked all the time. that cracks me up!

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 5:46:36 AM

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I read it, I saw the movie--I wasn't looking for an academy award winner or a noble laureate accolade--I stumbled on it-I read it and watched it at least 25 times--picking out concepts above all the staging-concepts, idealogies, thoughts, practices--(in reverse of course)--that lead Me to research, research lead Me to define Me, practice and real life, trial and error and deep honesty lead Me to the Me that I am today.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 5:52:13 AM

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I found a first addition hard back copy of the book in a Catholic thrift store =L= Someone was feeellliiinnngggg guilty! Oh father I have sinned!

I have never read it but did see the movie...

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 5:53:42 AM

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quote:

SO the men chasing after what they cant have while throwing away the dutiful one came across to me. WHat message does that give? Also so unrealistic.

LOL what is so unrealistic about that? The message boards are filled with devoted subs/slaves seeking other women for their Master's only to wind up being dumped at some point.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 6:03:54 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: ThundersCry

I found a first addition hard back copy of the book in a Catholic thrift store =L= Someone was feeellliiinnngggg guilty! Oh father I have sinned!

I have never read it but did see the movie...

That'd probably be worth a bit, to a collector.

As for the OP, I haven't read the book and have no real desire to. Most forms of written erotica don't really do that much for me and I have a lot of trouble identifying with the bottom, or even any of the other characters.

Though I have read the Story of R, which is apparently by the same author (This was a few years back and I've since lost the book.) but it was a role reversal this time; female top, male bottom. What I liked about it though was that there was an actual plot to it.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 6:05:03 AM

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i loved the story of O. She chose to be treated the way she was treated in the book. She desired to be owned. In the end, she returned to the roots of where it started because she could no longer live in the vanilla world, so yes, the ending was not that great but the symbolism was she made a conscience decision to live the life she lived and loved it so much she could never be without a Master.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 6:06:02 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: fragilepieces

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SO the men chasing after what they cant have while throwing away the dutiful one came across to me. WHat message does that give? Also so unrealistic.
LOL what is so unrealistic about that? The message boards are filled with devoted subs/slaves seeking other women for their Master's only to wind up being dumped at some point.

That was not the unrealistic part. But women who never bleed is unrealistic. Sorry that wasnt clear.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 6:23:59 AM

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Lusciouslips maybe they were all post menopause pretending to be 'young' submissives. But I agree there is a great deal of unrealistic crap not only in 'O' but in the lifestyle in general.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 6:33:02 AM

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i've read and seen the movie - and i don't identify with O.

Daddy didn't have to beat, use and abuse me into submitting ...nor will he ever toss me away when He's "finished" with me.

it's good fictional reading but i'm definitely not like her.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 6:35:13 AM

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I disliked the book.

1. The writing was leaden.
2. It was just a bunch of actions. I didn't feel I was let into O's mind.
3. It created the stereotype of a Dom as the master of huge tracts of land, which he blandly acknowledges. Wealthy, dissipated, with little drive. The same things was seen in 9-1/2 Weeks, in which Rourke's character had a huge office - empty - and he seemed to never have any work to do.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 6:46:06 AM

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I always wondered why they named her O????? Was it because that was the shape her mouth always had to be in???

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 6:46:19 AM

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As a piece of fiction, I found it very good. I loved the way that her thought processes were explored. It seemed to be very centered on how she started and why sho continued. These are topics that I enjoy. The graphic scenes in the book could never be depicted on the screen. Stay with the written word and with the mind generated format and it will be very enjoyzble. I read it in one night then returned again and again. Reality is all senses working at the same time. Fantasy is only the chosen senses. The author chose well.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 6:54:13 AM

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"Story of O" was written by Pauline Reage as a fantasy/loveletter to her beau, a man of letters. If you keep in mind that it's a submissive fantasy, a lot of the story's inconsistencies and ooutright betrayals are a bit more paletable. Like it or hate it, the book has had a major impact of how modern BDSM has evolved. I've yet to walk into a fetish club anywhere, where there wasn't at least some reference to Roissy built into it's fabric. I know, personally, at least one Domme who styles herself after the victorian matron, Anne-Marie.

Throughout the book, we are asked to identify with "O," as the book is told from her perspective. So really, I feel that the only people who could really comment on this fantasy would be those who are submissive to begin with. (Otherwise, it's a bit like asking a soccer fan to review a chess match.)

I do agree with the earlier poster who said that it was impossible to get into "O"s head. The book is written in a very formal, passive voice prose style which has long gone out of fashion in these days of Stephen King and James Michner. Still, it's interesting from a poetic standpoint. It's beautifully structured, and the plot is engrossing. It's a classic... and as Mark Twain once said, "...a classic is a book everyone wants to have read, but no one wants to read."

If you're looking for fun BDSM wanking material... I'd suggest some Pat Califia, Aaron Travis, or even Anne Rice. Or, if you want something closer to home, pop on over to Akasha's profile. ;)

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 7:06:45 AM

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Lucious,

That was part of the reason, yes. The book takes the post victorian tradition of refering to the main character by a single inital, the written equal to the "shooting the witness to a crime in silhouette and with a distorted voice to protect their identity" in video. It was a device used by the author to make it seem as though this was all something that actually happened, and those involved needed to be protected.

But "O" is also symbolic. The character of "O" is seen as being the ultimate slave, totally open to being used and owned. So she is referred to by a single letter, one that denotes an open space. But it is also a symbol of closure, and of being self-reliant. (Depending on how deep you want to get in literary deconstruction.)

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 7:18:04 AM

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I think that the book is wonderful, I think if you see past the actual narrative and look at the some of the deeper messages. The strength that O possesses and the pride that she takes in herself. I also love the symbolism behind her branding him. Oh and I loved the ending too, I think it needed to be abrupt. The sequal was not as good. Personally I felt that I related to O and could understand how she was feeling, granted the translation makes it hard but still I think that it is multi-layered. I didnt read it to wank to though, I enjoyed the description and the analogy throughout it all. Like life parts were tragic and parts were blissful.

Also O refers to many things, her 'holes' and that being her function as well as starnding for orgasm. O is a circle, it is complete and never ending.

I think that its a wonderful book actually, I have it in various forms and have the symbol of roissy as a tattoo.

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RE: The Story of O - 2/22/2009 10:05:42 AM

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The Story of O (and by the way there is a second volume and possible a 3rd shorn will post the name of the second later, must check in the basement) was one of the books that got shorn into being not just a slave but simply property.

shorn found the two in husband's locked workshop, he wasn't hiding them that was where we kept things like that away from the little girl, along with the Rice books, some Gor books and a few others. We read them together, discussed them and spent some time exploring before shorn gave shornself to him.

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