In 1940 a book collector offered Anais Nin and Henry Miller $1 per page if they would write erotic stories for him. The result was a book of highly elegant naughtiness that has become an erotic classic. Nin is the first woman to truly try to express women’s sexuality through short stories. Her patron told her that the writing was too poetic, but we think it’s luscious and arousing, and falls on the more risque side of the spectrum.

286 pages. Author: Anais Nin. 1977.