Les Onze Mille Verges
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| - | ''[[Les Onze mille verges]]'' (''The eleven thousand rods'') by [[Guillaume Apollinaire]] - written around 1906-1907 (the publication is neither signed nor dated). | + | '''''Les Onze mille verges''''' (''The eleven thousand rods'') is an [[erotic novel]] by [[Guillaume Apollinaire]] - written around 1906-1907 (the publication is neither signed nor dated). The novel was banned from its release in [[1907]] until [[1970]], various [[clandestine]] printings of it circulated widely for many years. Apollinaire never publicly acknowledged authorship of the novel. |
| - | In 1907, Apollinaire wrote the well-known [[erotic]] [[novel]], ''[[The Eleven Thousand Rods]] (Les Onze Mille Verges)''. Officially banned in France until [[1970]], various printings of it circulated widely for many years. Apollinaire never publicly acknowledged authorship of the novel. {{GFDL}} | + | == Plot == |
| + | ''[[The Eleven Thousand Rods]]'' is about a Romanian prince who leaves Bucharest to find the perfect female. The book has elements of [[sadism]], [[homosexuality]], [[paedophilia]], [[necrophilia]], [[coprophilia]] and satirical commentary on French government officials, theater administrators, police and journalists. | ||
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| + | == Censorship history == | ||
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| + | http://www.thefileroom.org/documents/dyn/DisplayCase.cfm/id/797 | ||
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Les Onze mille verges (The eleven thousand rods) is an erotic novel by Guillaume Apollinaire - written around 1906-1907 (the publication is neither signed nor dated). The novel was banned from its release in 1907 until 1970, various clandestine printings of it circulated widely for many years. Apollinaire never publicly acknowledged authorship of the novel.
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The Eleven Thousand Rods is about a Romanian prince who leaves Bucharest to find the perfect female. The book has elements of sadism, homosexuality, paedophilia, necrophilia, coprophilia and satirical commentary on French government officials, theater administrators, police and journalists.
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Censorship history
http://www.thefileroom.org/documents/dyn/DisplayCase.cfm/id/797
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