kate percival

I read this book in the 1969 Brandon House edition, although I am fairly sure that the various editions have the same source. The book, originally in two quite short volumes, and usually issued as a single book, which is still hardly a large production. It is set in the USA, and probably dates back to the late nineteenth century, when erotic works flourished, usually published in France. It is the tale of a young woman's discovery of sex, which involves a considerable number of well-equipped males who bring considerable enthusiasm to bear on her desires in this field. The males are often involved with equally enthusiastic female partners, who welcome Miss Percival into their own erotic purview. As with many erotic works this one falls into the practice of simply cataloguing all of the encounters the heroine has with her man amours, even including the device of an orgy as a way of trying to increase the variety of the events which make up its subject. There is little in the way of real plot.… (altro)

This book was also issued in 1987 under the Carroll & Graf imprint as ‘The Court of Venus’, in which Kate Percival is the principal female character in this story of erotic education. This edition seems to have been edited a little for style compared to the C&G version, but the texts are essentially the same. It purports to relate to the late Victorian era, and is set in Delaware, USA in 1895, as the memoirs of a young woman, introduced to sexual joys while at a girls’ boarding school. This introduction is effected by another female, but soon after, when Kate is sent for further education at a convent she first witnesses the activities of a male with a female, including a birching. After leaving the convent it is only a matter of time before Kate finds opportunities for more personal involvement, with lovers of both sexes. The remainder of the book is a fairly repetitive, but nevertheless quite salacious, catalogue of these experiences, apparently involving every male Kate meets, and it ends when she marries one of the men she had met earlier in this parade.… (altro)

This book was also issued in 1993, under the Masquerade imprint, as ‘Kate Percival’, which is the name of the principal female character in the story told. The later version appears to have been edited a little for style compared to the C&G version, but the texts are essentially the same. It purports to relate to the late Victorian era, and is set in Delaware, USA in 1895, and is the memoirs of a young woman, introduced to sexual joys while at a girls’ boarding school. This introduction is effected by another female, but soon after, when Kate is sent for further education at a convent she first witnesses the activities of a male with a female, including a birching. After leaving the convent it is only a matter of time before Kate finds opportunities for more personal involvement, with lovers of both sexes. The remainder of the book is a fairly repetitive catalogue of these experiences, apparently involving every male Kate meets, and it ends when she marries one of the men she had met earlier in this parade.… (altro)