Nunnery Tales; or Cruising under False Colours: A Tale of Love and Lust

by Anonymous

First published in the Netherlands by 1890s booklegger August Brancart, Nunnery Tales is the story of a young woman who accompanies her mother to the Convent of St. Claire. Only she's a he, his secret is found out quickly, and as every fan of Monty Python knows, in a Victorian Abby, there must be quite a few punishments (as well as rewards). Thankfully in this masterpiece of the period, no Sir Galahad comes along to spoil the fun.

Genres: Erotica

152 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 14, 2001

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Ruby · Rating 1 out of 5]

Straight up Victorian corn through short stories. More than anything, it was funny how silly & over the top the "situations" would come to start haha.

[Cherise Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was… something. It served as a reminder of the difference between erotic romance and erotica - this one surprisingly leaned heavily to the latter.

This story was told over a series of a short few days; a story within a story (sometimes within another story), the prose was strong for the time period and held together well from beginning to end. The whole thing was sex though… like every page.

[Brent · Rating 4 out of 5]

Currently reading this book. I enjoy the pacing, tone, and the humor. It's a salacious tale of a young man and his mother who take refuge in a convent during a war. The young man disguises himself as a young woman to be accepted into their safekeeping and hilarity (and debauchery) ensue when his cover is blown!

[Ella · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boring and repetitive even by the standards of Victorian porn. There’s only so much one can read about ‘mossy openings’ and improbable use of candles before it stops being funny and starts being a bit dull.

[Mallory · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you wanna read poorly written porn, here’s your book. Literally every page, which is fine, but a 16 year old boy could write better porn than this. Confusing, hard to follow, and some don’t even make sense.

[Sadye Storey · Rating 2 out of 5]

All romp, no romance. Sexy scene after sexy scene, many taboo (i.e., nonconsensual and incest). There wasn't any character development.

[donald parker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a verygoodbook.

This novel is poorly written,this copy o a book gets boring after a time.Why did I waste it,on such trash.

[Cameo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is straight up porn.

[Aron · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you are expecting something sexy, don’t read this book. If you want to be mildly entertained, it’s an easy, fun read, better than most trash TV shows.

[William Richardson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very exciting read

[Libby Bork · Rating 3 out of 5]

Smut with a vocabulary to rival the classics.

[Rachel · Rating 1 out of 5]

TW: rape, incest, grooming, underage, voyeurism, nunsploitation

I was intrigued by the controversial material without realising just HOW controversial it would be and wish I’d read reviews and done more research beforehand. I found reading this to be quite uncomfortable. I picked up up as I was curious about the pornographic novels written in the 19th century and accounts seem to vary on whether this one was published in 1866 or in the 1890s. It is quite shocking.
Very much a male fantasy porn novel with graphic scenes that are rape fantasies with the women involved fighting and struggling before eventually submitting. Rather than condemning the acts of rape, the author chooses to make the women seem like they asked for it and wanted it. I regret reading it now.
The loose plot is that an aristocratic family is at risk and the father has already fled from France to England, whereas the mother and her 17 year old son have been forced to hide in a nunnery ran by the mother’s sister. Of course, young men are not allowed to stay at the nunnery so the lad is disguised as a woman. Then basically he has sex with as many women as he can - his aunt included and is tutored by a lascivious monk (Father to him in more ways than one) - the young nuns and the monk also tell bawdy stories of their past exploits to add more variations to the porn on offer)
It’s a short novella of 155 pages and very little plot or character development but lots of sex so if you are looking for something that is essentially a crude Victorian porno this might be your thing but while it opened my eyes to pornography in the Victorian period, it definitely wasn’t my thing.

[William E · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sex sex sex

Just the thing I was looking for. I really enjoy the dialogue with out all the swearing of modern authors.