Venus in the Cloisters or the Nun in a Chemise: Curious Conversations - Paperback

by L'Abbe Du Prat (Author), Matthew Sweet (Foreword by)

A 1638 work of erotic fiction features nun-to-nun dialogues in the sexual arts

"Is it right that a girl so accomplished be secluded as you are? No, no, my child, I want to share with you my most secret habits, and to give you a true notion of the deeds of a wise nun." This landmark erotic novel salaciously presents the education, one might say indoctrination, of green Catholic nun Sister Agnes at the hands of her more experienced cohort Sister Angelique. Religious demystification coincides with sexual awakening in a scurrilous work which stands as a precursor to those of authors such as the Marquis de Sade.

Author Biography

L'Abbé du Prat was the pseudonym used by the Vicar-General of the Diocese of Nantes. Matthew Sweet is a journalist, broadcaster, historian, and the author of Inventing the Victorians and Shepperton Babylon.