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Anybody who read books during adolescence that they shouldn't have?

I enjoyed "The Collector" by John Fowles, and "Lolita". "Tropic of Cancer" and "Capricorn" were so-so but too lonely and old mannish. Didn't like D.H. Lawrence but my girlfriend did. There's one I'd better not mention here. In my early adolescence I was obsessed by a novel about young, unrequited love which I can't for the life of me remember the title of; there were traces of Great Expectations but it was by a woman and slightly more risque. When I was a first-year student in London my landlady, not much older than myself, enjoyed discussing such things with me. It meant plenty of free drinks, useful for a student. She couldn't understand how such things could be available in Holy Ireland. The English blind spot about Northern Ireland !
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helenS · 36-40, F
I was free to read whatever I wanted. "L'histoire d'O" was probably a borderline case.
alan20 · M
@helenS Fancy me forgetting that , I loved it!
helenS · 36-40, F
@alan20 Interesting. It written from a female perspective, I'm surprised a man can enjoy the book.
alan20 · M
@helenS That IS interesting ! Can a man not have an occasional masochistic streak? As far as I remember there were occasionally women spectators present.
helenS · 36-40, F
@alan20 Yes of course he can. I just think that male and female views on the same events are very different, and so is the language which is used in the book to describe feelings.
alan20 · M
@helenS Well, it turned me on and I'm straight, so make of that what you will !