V.V. (13) Stories of O and V?

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Another possible intertext:

    _Histoire d'O_ by Pauline Reage with a foreword by Jean Paulhan, was
    published in an edition of 600 copies by Jean-Jacques Pauvert and
    appeared in June 1954. Some copies - nobody seems to know how many -
    carried a small lithograph by Austrian artist Hans Bellmer on the title
    page. The book relates the tale of a young Parisian fashion
    photographer, called O, and her willful debasement at the hands of her
    lover Rene and the members of a clandestine society dedicated to the
    pleasures of sadomasochism. O is taken by Rene to a chateau 'Roissy' on
    the edge of Paris where she is systematically turned into a slave
    through sexual assaults, regular whippings, and long hours in solitude.
    O is told:

        'Your hands are not your own, neither your breasts, nor, above all,
        is any orifice of your body, which we are at liberty to explore and
        into which we may, whenever we so please, introduce ourselves... The
        whip will only be applied between the hours of sundown and dawn.'

http://www.storyofo.co.uk/corridors.html

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