The Naughty Victorian Hand Book: The Rediscovered Art of Erotic Hand Manipulation

by Jeremy Bennett

Rediscover the delightful, surprising-and irresistibly naughty-Victorian art of "furtling" in this interactive picture book that puts the underside (and more) of Victoriana at your fingertips. Practiced a century ago by Victorian upper classes, "furtling" is a wondrous erotic journey into the human hand's secret folds and furrows, one that delivers pleasure most vitalizing, lifts melancholy from the desponding mind, and restores wounded spirits.

Just place the book on a flat surface, position the fingers in the appropriate manner, life the page, and--Eureka!--behold The Heavenly Twins, Toungue & Cheeks, The Crocodile, or Happy Valley. In all, thirteen meticulous black-and-white engravings of turn-of-the-century ladies and gentleman-each with a die cut in exactly the right place-will profoundly change one's relationship with the hand.

79,000 copies in print.

Genres: Humor, History, Art, Sexuality, Erotica

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 9, 1989

Reviews

[Rebekah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious. Just hilarious. This is a hands-on example of the lost art of furtling--putting your hands in some position behind a picture in such a way that the way your hands look thru cut-outs in the picture makes it appear that the people in the image are showing some naughty bits--and by naughty bits, I mean ankles or cleavage or a bit of bum. It made me feel a bit ridiculous and puerile to do this, but after the initial cringe, it was hilarious.

[Marty · Rating 3 out of 5]

So this is a thing

[The Lady Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Delightfully weird, but not as funny as it could be.

[Kasia · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is an interesting oddity of a book. I hadn't heard of it but one of my co-workers unearthed it from her desk today so I figured I should read it.

[Pocki · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is just delightful!
Wish it was a bit longer though, and maybe with heavier paper stock. But it is so up my alley. I'm happy I could find a used copy online.

[Roxanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book will appeal to the 11-year-old in you.