Books 04 Mar 2008 03:27 pm

I’m Reading A Dirty Book

Apparently the novel I am currently reading, Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor, was quite scandalous when it was published in 1947. According to Wikipedia, 14 states banned it as pornography. It is, of course, about The Restoration, because that’s all I read about these days. And granted, those were bawdy times. But I am about 100 pages in to the 726 page book, and I haven’t seen a singe bit of indecency. In fact, in the one sex scene so far, I had to reread the section several times to realize that intercourse had actually occurred! Either I am reading a wildly abridged and censored version (this edition is from 1971), or it’s about to get a lot sexier, OR people in 1947 were way more uptight than I ever imagined.

2 Responses to “I’m Reading A Dirty Book”

  1. on 04 Mar 2008 at 10:47 pm 1.Carrie said …

    slutbag.

  2. on 06 Mar 2008 at 1:02 am 2.me(pete) said …

    I long for the days like 1947. In my not to informed opinion, the only thing better now is medical science.

    this place, earth, was not too crowded, the war was over, and the pace of life was much slower.

    I spent most of my time, when not in school, at my Aunt and Uncles farm. No running water, no electricy and about 3 or 4 cars a day passed on the gravel road. It was great.