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-==Erotic memoirs and other accounts ==+
-Erotic memoirs include those of [[Casanova]]'s ''[[Histoire de ma vie]]'' from the eighteenth century, 'Walter's ''[[My Secret Life]]'' from the nineteenth, [[Frank Harris]]'s ''My Life and Loves'' (1922-27) from the twentieth and ''[[One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed]]'' by [[Melissa Panarello]] from the twenty-first.+
-[[Sensational journalism]] such as [[William Thomas Stead|W.T. Stead]]'s ''[[The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon]]'' (1885) about the procuring of underage girls into the brothels of Victorian London has also provided a stimulus for the erotic imagination. Stead's account was widely translated and the revelation of "padded rooms for the purpose of stifling the cries of the tortured victims of lust and brutality" and the symbolic figure of "The Minotaur of London" confirmed European observers worst imaginings about "Le Sadisme anglais" and inspired erotic writers to write of similar scenes set in London or involving sadistic English gentlemen. Such writers include [[D'Annunzio]] in ''[[Il Piacere]]'', [[Paul-Jean Toulet]] in ''[[Monsieur de Paur]]'' (1898), [[Octave Mirbeau]] in ''[[The Torture Garden (novel)|Jardin des Supplices]]'' (1899) and [[Jean Lorrain]] in ''Monsieur de Phocas'' (1901).+'''Melissa Panarello''' (born 3 December 1985), alias '''Melissa P.''', is an Italian [[writer]].
 +==Biography==
 +Panarello grew up in the small [[Sicily|Sicilian]] town of [[Aci Castello]], near [[Catania]] in Italy. She became most famous as the author of the [[erotic memoir]] ''100 colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire'' (''[[One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed]]'') about her extreme sexual life during her teenage years, which was loosely based on her own experiences. Originally, it was written as a novel but was then altered to fit a diary form. Contrary to popular belief, it was not her actual diary. The book was distributed in forty countries and translated into over thirty languages. Coming from Sicily, one of the most traditional and old-fashioned parts of Italy, Panarello scandalized many as she freely writes about [[sexual penetration|penetration]], [[sperm]], and [[orgasm]] in a very matter of fact fashion.
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 +Panarello is currently based in [[Rome]], where she lives with her partner, Thomas Fazi, the son of her publisher. She published her second novel, ''L'odore del tuo respiro'' (''The Smell of Your Breath''), in 2005. Still in 2005, a film about her first novel, titled ''Melissa P.'', produced by [[Francesca Neri]] and directed by Luca Guadagnino has been made; however, Panarello did not back the film, claiming a loss of accuracy with her novel. In April 2006, she published a third book, titled ''In nome dell'amore'' (''In the Name of Love''), presented as an open letter to [[Camillo Ruini]] in which she blames the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] interferences in the [[politics of Italy|Italian political scene]] and defends the [[laïcité]] of the country.
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Melissa Panarello (born 3 December 1985), alias Melissa P., is an Italian writer.

Biography

Panarello grew up in the small Sicilian town of Aci Castello, near Catania in Italy. She became most famous as the author of the erotic memoir 100 colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire (One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed) about her extreme sexual life during her teenage years, which was loosely based on her own experiences. Originally, it was written as a novel but was then altered to fit a diary form. Contrary to popular belief, it was not her actual diary. The book was distributed in forty countries and translated into over thirty languages. Coming from Sicily, one of the most traditional and old-fashioned parts of Italy, Panarello scandalized many as she freely writes about penetration, sperm, and orgasm in a very matter of fact fashion.

Panarello is currently based in Rome, where she lives with her partner, Thomas Fazi, the son of her publisher. She published her second novel, L'odore del tuo respiro (The Smell of Your Breath), in 2005. Still in 2005, a film about her first novel, titled Melissa P., produced by Francesca Neri and directed by Luca Guadagnino has been made; however, Panarello did not back the film, claiming a loss of accuracy with her novel. In April 2006, she published a third book, titled In nome dell'amore (In the Name of Love), presented as an open letter to Camillo Ruini in which she blames the Catholic Church interferences in the Italian political scene and defends the laïcité of the country.




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