Must Read “The
Lustful Turk” by Anonymous as it opens an erotic world of the 19th
Century
Background
The Lustful Turk" is a lovely erotic book attributed to
an anonymous writer. The book was first
published anonymously in 1828 by John Benjamin Brookes and reprinted
by William Dugdale( 1800-1868). Incidentally Dugdale was a sort of revolutionary, who had the
courage to publish erotic books and for this was sent to jail many time. He
died when he was incarcerated at the Clerkenwell house of correction in
1868
The Basis of the Story
The story matches the
famous “Night in a Moorish Harem" and once you start you cannot put it
down. The story is set in the 19th century when the white slave trade was on
and the Arab Sheikhs desired golden and fair colored European virgins for their
harems. Woe, betide a man who did not bring a true virgin replete with hymen
for the Arab Beys and Sultans.
The Plot
The story concerns two white girls who are kidnapped and incorporated into the Beys harem. They win his confidence and rise up in the hierarchy of the harem. The book is simply lovely to read and I wonder who wrote it. It is obviously written in the 19th century like "Venus in India ".
The author has followed a unique method of narration, which
is through letters from the Heroine Emily Barlow to her friend Sylvia Carey.
The story starts when Emily sails from England to India and her ship is
captured by Moslem pirates and she is taken to Ali, the Dey of Algiers. He
rapes her but awakens untold desires in her bosom.
Later Ali arranges becomes enamored of Sylvia and gets her
abducted. He follows a terrific charade
as he puts her up for auction in the slave market and as per plan rescues her
and wins her love. Ali now loves both girls and the descriptions are about the
best I have read.
The End
The novel also incorporates interpolated stories concerning
the erotic misadventures of three other girls. The ruler(Ali’s) member is cut
with a knife by a slave girl and a
chastised Ali sends the girls back to England.
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