" The Lustful Turk" by Anonymous is great Erotic Literature; Not to be Missed

Must Read “The Lustful Turk” by Anonymous as it opens an erotic world of the 19^th 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.