Edith Templeton: 3 books

When Edith Templeton’s stories began appearing in The New Yorker in the late 1950s, she quickly became a favorite of the magazine’s discerning readers. Her finely honed writing, honestly drawn heroines, and distinctive themes secured her reputation. The Dart’s of Cupidcollects seven of...

" Roman scandaleux et naguère interdit... Une Histoire d'O autobiographique. " Le Nouvel Observateur. En 1946, Louisa Walbrook, vingt-huit ans, rencontre dans un pub londonien un inconnu dont, moins d'une heure plus tard, elle devient l'amante sur un banc public. Ainsi commence une intense...

Louisa is a clever, self-reliant woman who has just been discharged from her duty as an officer in the British Army during World War II. In a London pub one afternoon she meets Gordon: a slight, peculiar psychiatrist with queer eyes and a strange charisma. Within an hour, Louisa has been sexually...