{"product_id":"the-convent-school-restored-edition-or-early-experiences-of-a-young-flagellant-9781968703172","title":"The Convent School, Restored Edition: Or, Early Experiences of a Young Flagellant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Convent School Restored Edition Black Fern\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStep behind the locked doors of a fin-de-siècle convent and into a world where discipline, devotion, and desire are exquisitely entwined. First published in late-Victorian London and long whispered about rather than openly named, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Convent School; or, Early Experiences of a Young Flagellant\u003c\/strong\u003e stands as one of the most notorious flagellation classics of its era. Written under the pseudonym \u003cem\u003eRosa Belinda Coote\u003c\/em\u003e and privately printed for select readers, it helped shape an entire strand of sado-masochistic literature that still fascinates today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its center is Lucille, an aristocratic narrator whose \"education\" leads her from household correction to the cloistered regime of a convent school, where ritual, obedience, and the language of the rod become a charged theatre of power and awakening. Through her eyes, readers enter a world in which authority is absolute, transgression is carefully staged, and punishment becomes the key that unlocks forbidden longings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003eRestored Erotic Library Edition from Black Fern\u003c\/strong\u003e includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ecomplete, unexpurgated Victorian text\u003c\/strong\u003e, newly reset and carefully proofed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwenty original period illustrations\u003c\/strong\u003e that intensify the mood of secrecy, control, and sensuality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003enew foreword by Dante Remy\u003c\/strong\u003e, placing \u003cem\u003eThe Convent School\u003c\/em\u003e among the essential underground classics of Victorian BDSM and flagellation fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for collectors of historical erotica, Victorian underground literature, and BDSM-themed classics, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Convent School: The Restored Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e is both a provocative reading experience and a beautifully produced volume for your erotic library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoote, Rosa Belinda:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Elisabeth \"Rosa\" Coote is believed to be the true author of books written under the name \"Rosa Belinda Coote\" and published by William Dugdale. Further, newly discovered manuscript and letters in the remote Sicilian village of Monteconvento affirms that Elisabeth \"Rosa\" Coote was a living writer at the time of publication of The Convent School. This new novella from the author, \"The Mysteries: I Misteri del Convento\" is published by Black Fern and Erosetti Press and a must read for lovers of the Victorian erotic genre. Traditionally, \"Rosa Belinda Coote\" is known as a pseudonym for a fictional dominatrix appearing as a stock character in a number of works of Victorian erotica, including The Convent School, or Early Experiences of A Young Flagellant (as the notional author) by William Dugdale (now disproven) and \"Letters to a Lady Friend\" or \"Miss Coote's Confession\" in The Pearl. Henry Spencer Ashbee, the Victorian collector and historian of erotica wrote \" The Convent School is not altogether badly written; it advances the notion that pleasure may come from pain. And yet, we hope to read future works that describe a remote Sicilian convent.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemy, Dante:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dante Remy, editor and forward, is an internationally-based writer, editor, and producer. His creative work explores the duality of nature and science, love and loss, beauty and the macabre, the chaste and the erotic. Fiction publications include the Erosetti Pillow Book series, multiple edited art books, restored editions of classic erotica, and the novels \"The Mysteries\", \"Carmilla, My Love\", and the \"Lover, Predator, Vampire\" series. HIs comprehensive portfolio can be explored at danteremy.com.","brand":"Black Fern, an Imprint of Erosetti Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51967019319570,"sku":"9781968703172","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c6f660b9-cd23-4c4f-90f7-e67c7aba47e5.jpg?v=1768920487","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-convent-school-restored-edition-or-early-experiences-of-a-young-flagellant-9781968703172","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}