| Author: | Marie Carmichael | ISBN: | 1230000101949 |
| Publisher: | AUTCH Editora | Publication: | January 24, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Marie Carmichael |
| ISBN: | 1230000101949 |
| Publisher: | AUTCH Editora |
| Publication: | January 24, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Autch Press proudly presents this version of Married Love. Married Love or Love in Marriage is a book written by Dr. Marie Carmichael Stopes, first published in March 1918 by a small publisher, after many other larger publishers turned her down because of the content. It rapidly sold out, and was in its sixth printing within a fortnight.
The US Customs Service banned the book as obscene until April 6, 1931, when Judge John M. Woolsey overturned that decision. Woolsey is the same judge who in 1933 would lift the ban on James Joyce's Ulysses, allowing for its publication and circulation in the United States of America.
It was the first book to note that women's sexual desire coincides with ovulation and the period right before menstruation. The book argued that marriage should be an equal relationship between partners. Although officially scorned in the UK, the book went through 19 editions and sales of almost 750,000 copies by 1931.
In 1935 a survey of American academics said Married Love was one of the 25 most influential books of the previous 50 years,
Our books are specially published for you to have a light and pleasant experience, so we are at your disposal to help you if necessary.
Happy reading!
Autch Press proudly presents this version of Married Love. Married Love or Love in Marriage is a book written by Dr. Marie Carmichael Stopes, first published in March 1918 by a small publisher, after many other larger publishers turned her down because of the content. It rapidly sold out, and was in its sixth printing within a fortnight.
The US Customs Service banned the book as obscene until April 6, 1931, when Judge John M. Woolsey overturned that decision. Woolsey is the same judge who in 1933 would lift the ban on James Joyce's Ulysses, allowing for its publication and circulation in the United States of America.
It was the first book to note that women's sexual desire coincides with ovulation and the period right before menstruation. The book argued that marriage should be an equal relationship between partners. Although officially scorned in the UK, the book went through 19 editions and sales of almost 750,000 copies by 1931.
In 1935 a survey of American academics said Married Love was one of the 25 most influential books of the previous 50 years,
Our books are specially published for you to have a light and pleasant experience, so we are at your disposal to help you if necessary.
Happy reading!
