Arabella

by Anonymous

This book runs in the same vein as Fanny Hill, but is a lot more explicit. Arabella is the story of a proud and strong-willed woman of the Victorian era. In her own words she describes the erotic escapades and kinky amours that took place behind the closed doors of 1890s society.

Genres: Erotica, Smut, Classics, Historical

282 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1890

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

[John Gilbert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty hard to rate this one. It was Victorian erotica and was more explicit than most and written from two women's viewpoints. Does this mean that it is ok if consent does not happen? That there is sex with people not of an age of consent in most countries (as some of it takes place in Paris, it was ok there I guess) and incest.

'That mattered not to Pearl who was wise enough to know that consent lies often in silence. Our general air of wellbeing was obvious to all.'

A fun romp at times with mostly consenting adults, but if written today, never would have been published on Amazon. It was mostly well written in colourful language of the day, but explicit.

Your choice.

[Charlie B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are in to Victorian erotica then I thoroughly reccomend this book. Written in the first person and with many sexual situations that wouldn't get past Amazon's modding today its a deliciously sexy dip into the taboo;s of Victorian society when books like this were purchased by gentlemen and hidden from their wives and daughters lest the poor darlings discover how men really felt about women and sex at the time. A great read.

[Marta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Trigger warnings: incest, non-consent/ consensual non-consent

Things I liked: the female point of view, the freedom of the main character, and the description of the scenes was very well done despite the strange victorian vocabulary.

Things I struggled with: the incest scenes were very uncomfortable as well as the lack of consent so to enjoy this book I had to do some mental gymnastics when reading about incest or non-consent. With the incest I thought that back then it may have been more common since sex outside marriage was taboo and more difficult to find people that are not relatives to share your kinks with; and to protect the women's "virginity" a thorough supervision of relatives was the norm. For the non-consent/ consensual non-consent... some scenes start with non consent and then is explained that the women's resistance is caused by the women's cultural conditioning to prove their chastity and resist their sexual desires, so the characters explain it that it is actually consensual. Another period of history, certainly, but still hardly justifiable.

[Pony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Do not read if easily shocked, but do read and enjoy if you like to be surprised! This is all about sex for pleasure in an entirely consensual manner that knocks, fractures and abolishes taboos! The antagonist tries just about everything except, as the saying goes Morris Dancing and Incest (though a lot of others have some very exciting intra-familar fun!) A totally unrealistic and unattainable world, needless to say, and this is the role of fantasy, to safely experiment with ideas that just don't work in the real world! Arabella is a delight as long as you remember the old advice 'don't try this at home'!

[LUCHI · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my second Victorian Erotic lit book and honestly, I find these books more hilarious than anything. I wasn't that much into it but it wasn't all meh either. If you like classics as well as erotica, jump right into it. I do feel these books tend to be rather repetitive so I do skip pages here and there. The language is amusing since some words are rather old-fashioned(it's Victorian-era after all). There's no such plot. It's a hot, funny, and firsthand account of Arabella's experience. She tried just about all kinds of sex(coitus) possible in the world and she wasn't alone on the journey. I didn't think much of the side characters. Overall, it's nice I guess.

[Michael Frankland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Flippin eck

Subtle, yet descriptive
Could there possibly be women as these??
I can but dream
And dream is all I can do

[Michael Yates · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a book i could not put down the erotic style was so realistic ii felt every touch really good book

[Yanper · Rating 3 out of 5]

An Erotica book is written in the strict Victorian era, in first person by a young girl. The period might be strict but the sex scenes are described in great detail, even incest, or sex without consent. The language in some points uses rather old-fashioned words, and you can't find the meaning in today’s English lexicon. For me, the question remains even today what constitutes pornography and what literature?

[Cee Clarke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is it just me? Or is it that almost every Victorian Erotica that I have read some element of "birching" is involved? I consider myself to be as sexually liberated as the next person, but for me, this is a bit off-putting. That said, in my opinion, this is a good read, especially because it is written from a woman's perspective.

[Mike Hynes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good period romp

Good story presumably set during Bronte era and written in a mix of modern and period language which doesn't grate the way that some attempts at that genre do. I'm not usually a fan of this style but I found this an easy read and quite stimulating

[Peter Morris · Rating 4 out of 5]

an enjoyable read, because it romps along quite carefree, disregarding social taboos and practicalities. anything is possible. the style was a little heavy in places, but there was still a feel for character and emotions. good on sensual description. great fun.

[Robin Ray · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'd written a full review of this on Kindle, but Amazon somehow wiped it out. I'll just summarize my review in one sentence: The book started out strong but got weaker and weaker as it droned on, and I could barely finish it.

[Isabella · Rating 5 out of 5]

well...Written by a teenage girl in the Victorian era, this story is shocking despite the developments of that time... There are no limits to sex, consensual or not, and even between family members... very descriptive and shocking, I found it to be a true masterpiece!

[Lavanya · Rating 2 out of 5]

This will be barred from publishing if it came out today. Enough said.