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Belle de Jour

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Born

in New Port Richey, Florida, The United States

Website

http://www.brookemagnanti.com

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Crime

Member Since

October 2015

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Brooke Magnanti is a forensic scientist and writer, who, until her identity was revealed in November 2009, was known by the pen name Belle de Jour.

While completing her doctoral thesis, in 2003 and 2004, Magnanti worked as a call girl. Her diary, published as the anonymous blog Belle de Jour: Diary of a London Call Girl became popular, as speculation surrounded the identity of Belle de Jour. Magnanti went on to The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl in 2005 and The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl in 2006. These were followed by Playing the Game, Belle de Jour's Guide to Men, and Belle's Best Bits.

In 2007, the books were adapted for TV as Secret Diary of a Call Girl, starring Billie Piper. In November 2009, fearing her real id ...more

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Average rating: 3.35 · 11,906 ratings · 1,011 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl (Belle De Jour #1) by Belle de Jour (Goodreads Author), Brooke Magnanti (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 9,419 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl (Belle de Jour, #2) by Belle de Jour (Goodreads Author), Brooke Magnanti (Goodreads Author) 3.34 avg rating — 1,632 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Playing The Game by Belle de Jour (Goodreads Author), Brooke Magnanti (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Belle de Jour's Guide to Men by Belle de Jour (Goodreads Author), Brooke Magnanti (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Belle's Best Bits: A London Call Girl Reveals Her Favourite Adventures (Belle De Jour, #5) by Belle de Jour (Goodreads Author), Brooke Magnanti (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	London Call Girl: Playing the Game: (Belle de Jour Book 3) 3.68 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Further Adventures of a London Call Girl: (Belle de Jour Book 2) 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stories of Isolde: Her Master's Desire (The Stories of Isolde, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE LONDON CALL GIRL COLLECTION: Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Further Adventures, Playing the Game... The first 3 Belle de Jour books together at last! 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Stories of Isolde, Volume 1 (The Stories of Isolde, #1, #2, #3) by Belle de Jour (Goodreads Author), Brooke Magnanti (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Belle de Jour (?)

“Male egos require constant stroking. Every task is an achievement, every success epic. That is why women cook, but men are chefs: we make cheese on toast, they produce pain de fromage.”
― Belle de Jour, The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl

tags: gender-stereotypes, humor, truth

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“Time is limited and some opportunities never repeat themselves.”
― Belle de Jour, The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl

tags: opportunity

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“Holding your stomach in when your clothes are off is not fuckable. Slapping your ample behind and inviting him to ride the wobble is.”
― Belle de Jour

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