Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch 3 Adult Erotica Books Free Audiobook Over-18s.

section 3 of venus infers this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by jc guan venus infers by lopeld von sasher masak translated by fernanda savage section 3

it is strange how every relation in life assumes a different face as soon as a new person enters we spent marvelous days together we visited the mountains and lakes we read together and i completed wanda's portrait and how we loved one another how beautiful her smiling face was then a friend of hers arrived a divorced woman somewhat older more experienced and less scrupulous than wanda her influence is already making itself felt in every direction wanda wrinkles her brows and displays a certain impatience with me has she ceased loving me for almost a fortnight this unbearable restraint has lain upon us her friend lives with her and we are never alone a circle of men surrounds the young women with my seriousness and melancholy i am playing an absurd role as a lover wanda treats me like a stranger today while out walking she stayed behind with me i saw that this was done intentionally and i rejoiced but what did she tell me my friend doesn't understand how i can love you she doesn't think you either handsome or particularly attractive otherwise she's telling me from morning till night about the glamour of the frivolous life in the capital hinting at the advantages to which i could lay claim the large parties which i would find there and the distinguished and handsome admirers which i would attract but what uses all this since it happens that i love you for a moment i lost my breath then i said i have no wish to stand in the way of your happiness wanda do not consider me then i raised my hat and let her go ahead she looked at me surprised but did not answer a syllable when by chance i happened to be close to her on the way back she secretly pressed my hand her glance was so radiant so full of promised happiness that in a moment all the torments of these days were forgotten and all the wounds healed i now i'm aware again of how much i love her

my friend has complained about you said wanda today perhaps she feels that i despise her but why do you despise her you foolish young man exclaimed wanda pulling my ears with both hands because she is a hypocrite i said i respect only a woman who is actually virtuous or who openly lives for pleasure's sake like me for instance replied one digestingly but you see child a woman can only do that in the rarest cases she can neither be as guilty sensual nor as spiritually free as a man her state is always a mixture of the sensual and spiritual her heart desires to enchain a man permanently while she herself is ever subject to the desire for change the result is a conflict and thus usually against her wishes lies and deception enter into her actions and personality and corrupt her character certainly that's true i said the transcendental character with which woman wants to stamp love leads her to deception but the world likewise demands it wanda interrupted look at this woman she has a husband and a lover in limburg and has found a new admirer here she deceives all three and yet is honored by all and respected by the world i don't care i exclaimed but she is to leave you alone she treats you like an article of commerce why not the beautiful woman interrupted vivaciously every woman has the instinct or desire to draw advantage out of her attractions and much is to be said forgiving oneself without love or pleasure because if you do it in cold blood you can re-profit to best advantage wanda what are you saying why not she said and take note of what i am about to say to you never feel secure with the woman you love for there are more dangers in women's nature than you imagine women are neither as good as their...

Unmasked, or the Science of Immorality. To Gentlemen
by Mary Edwards Walker

Publication date 2017-11-05
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Topics librivox, audiobooks, psychology, sexuality, women's rights, prostitution, rape, menstruation, masturbation, hermaphrodite, venereal disease, syphilis, hymen, virginity, women's dress reform, orgasm
LibriVox recording of Unmasked, or the Science of Immorality. To Gentlemen by Mary Edwards Walker.
Read in English by Pamela Nagami.

Mary Edwards Walker was a physician and surgeon who served in the Civil War. An abolitionist, prohibitionist, and cross-dressing leader of the women's dress reform movement, she published this lively sex manual in 1878. It is a curious blend of useful information and Victorian sexual mythology, at once puritanical and explicit. (Summary by Pamela Nagami).
section one of unmasked or the science of immorality to gentlemen this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by pamela negami md unmasked or the science of immorality to gentlemen by mary edwards walker chapter 1 introduction a number of private tree disease have been written to women exclusively by men physicians this was before women were regular md's or before any woman had many years practice in the profession if women generally can be benefited by such books it is but fair to suppose that men generally may be benefited by women physicians writing privatery disease to men embodying advice facts observations discoveries etc that are all important for men to learn in a pure way as matters of science instead of acquiring with the most degraded ideas of life and only such parts as are demoralizing and filled with the grossest errors it is very evident that the great need of light among men has not been properly met by men no man has elaborated on important points in the direction that is most vital and hence it becomes the duty of whomsoever can peer into the darkness with a light to do so with all speed even if such light be no larger than a glow worm it may be the humble means of guiding many a weary one into a lost path and of preventing myriads from losing the path of rectitude who are now approaching manhood to say nothing about those in the great future whose need for light shall be as great as those now traveling in the bewildering paths of existence knowledge must ever be the basic principle upon which the purest morals are founded it is upon this cornerstone of life's monumental building that grand towers of soul reach the zenith of human excellence in middle age and are crowned with the beautiful verger of ripe years real worth with all the strides that have been made in art and science for the past 100 years the philanthropist must few with the deepest sorrow that but little progress has been made in morals so little that the men who even make pretensions to purity of manhood are conspicuously few the majority of men have no high moral standard but without shame assert that they are as good as any other men and carry the idea that as they have become self-complacent women ought to be satisfied with whatever standard of morals men choose to be reconciled to for themselves men would be amazed if women should assert that such a standard was a low one and did not correspond with the true woman's ideals of noble manhood and that it was just as good as standard for a woman's morale as it is for men's a position that is just as fair for women to take as for men as anyone with logic must women feel this inequality most poignantly and deplore the low position taken by men as few men can ever understand women silence upon the subject mislead men into the idea that they are indifferent to men's morals men never hear the eloquent speeches of women of all ages when this subject is discussed in the homes of all grades...

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume One
by Havelock Ellis

Publication date 2011-06-30
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LibriVox recording of Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume One, by Havelock Ellis.

The first of six volumes, this volume covers in extensive detail the topics of "The Evolution of Modesty", "The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity", and "Auto-Eroticism". Written as an anthropological and psychological study from the point of view of Havelock, the famous British sexologist of the late 19th century, who was also a physician and social reformer. (Summary by Tim Ferreira)

the evolution of modesty part 1 section 1 of studies in the psychology of sex volume 1 by havelock ellis this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org

recording by ann boulay the evolution of modesty part 1 section 1 modesty which may be provisionally defined as an almost instinctive fear prompting to concealment and usually centering around the sexual processes while common to both sexes is more peculiarly feminine so that it may almost be regarded as the chief secondary sexual character of women on the psychical side the woman who is lacking in this kind of fear is lacking also in sexual attractiveness to the normal and average man the apparent exceptions seem to prove the rule for it will generally be found that women who are not immodest for immodesty is more closely related to modesty than mere negative absence of the sense of modesty but without that fear which implies the presence of a complex emotional feminine organization to defend only make a strong sexual appeal to men who are themselves lacking in the complementary masculine qualities as a psychical secondary sexual character of the first rank it is necessary before any psychology of sex can be arranged in order to obtain a clear view of modesty the immense importance of feminine modesty in creating masculine passion must be fairly obvious i may however quote the observations of two writers who have shown evidence of insight and knowledge regarding this matter casanova describes how when it burn he went to the baths and was according to custom attended by a young girl whom he selected from a group of bath attendants she undressed him proceeded to undress herself and then entered the bath with him and rubbed him thoroughly all over the operation being performed in the most serious manner and without a word being spoken when all was over however he perceived that the girl had expected him to make advances and he proceeds to describe and discuss his own feelings of indifference under such circumstances though without gazing on the girl's figure i had seen enough to recognize that she had all that a man can desire to find in a woman a beautiful face lively and well formed eyes a beautiful mouth with good teeth a healthy complexion well developed breasts and everything in harmony it is true that i had felt that her hands could have been smoother but i can only attribute this to hard work moreover my swiss girl was only 18 and yet i remained entirely cold what was the cause of this that was the question that i asked myself it is clear wrote stendhal that three parts of modesty are taught this is perhaps the only law born of civilization which produces nothing but happiness it has been observed that birds of prey hide themselves to drink because being obliged to plunge their heads in the water they are at that moment defenseless after having considered what passes at o2 height i can see no other natural foundation for modesty love is the miracle of civilization among savage and very barbarous races we find nothing but physical love of a gross character it is modesty that gives to love the aid of imagination and in so doing...

The Kama Sutra by Mallanaga Vatsyayana 1:2 Adults Only Sexuality Free Audiobook Open Library.
part 1 chapter 2 of the kama sutra by vaitsyayana this librivox recording is in the public domain and is read by mark smith of simpsonville south carolina the kama sutra by vaitsyayana part 1 chapter 2 on the acquisition of dharma artha and kama

man the period of whose life is 100 years should practice dharma artha and kama at different times and in such a manner that they may harmonize together and not clash in any way he should acquire learning in his childhood in his youth in middle age he should attend to artha and kama and in his old age he should perform dharma and thus seek to gain maksha i.e release from further transmigration or on account of the uncertainty of life he may practice them at times when they are enjoying to be practiced but one thing is to be noted he should lead the life of a religious student until he finishes his education dharma is obedience to the command of the shastra or holy writ of the hindus to do certain things such as the performance of sacrifices which are not generally done because they do not belong to this world and produce no visible effect and not to do other things such as eating meat which is often done because it belongs to this world and has visible effects dharma should be learned from the shruti holy writ and from those conversant with it artha is the acquisition of arts land gold cattle wealth equipages and friends it is further the protection of what is acquired and the increase of what is protected arthas should be learnt from the king's officers and from merchants who may be versed in the ways of commerce cama is the enjoyment of appropriate objects by the five senses of hearing feeling seeing tasting and smelling assisted by the mind together with the soul the ingredient in this is a peculiar contact between the organ of sense and its object and the consciousness of pleasure which arises from that contact is called kemah kemah is to be learnt from the kama sutra aphorisms on love and from the practice of citizens when all the three dharma artha and kema come together the former is better than the one which follows it that is dharma is better than artha and artha is better than kemah but artha should be always first practiced by the king for the livelihood of men is to be obtained from it only again kama being the occupation of public women they should prefer it to the other two and these are exceptions to the general rule objection one some learned men say that as dharma is connected with things not belonging to this world it is appropriately treated of in a book and so also is artha because it is practiced only by the application of proper means and a knowledge of those means can only be obtained by study and from books but kema being a thing which is practiced even by the brute creation and which is to be found everywhere does not want any work on the subject answer this is not so sexual intercourse being a thing dependent on man and woman requires the application of proper means by them and those means are to be learned from the kamashastra the non-application of proper means which we see in the brute creation is caused by their being unrestrained and by the females among them only being fit for sexual intercourse at certain seasons and no more and by their intercourse not being preceded by thought of any kind objection two the loka yaktikas say religious ordinances should not be observed for they bear a future fruit and at the same time it is also doubtful whether they will bear any fruit at all what foolish person will give away that which is in his own hands into the hands of another moreover it is better to have a pigeon today than a peacock tomorrow and a copper coin which we have the certainty of obtaining is better than a gold coin the possession of which is doubtful footnote these were certainly materialists who seemed to think that a bird in the hand...

Sex by Henry Stanton 2 From Cell to Human Scientific Self Help Sex-Book In Plain English.
chapter 2 of sex this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by leon meyer sex by henry stanton chapter 2 the transition from cell to human being in the functional processes alluded to in the preceding chapter the male germ cell and the female germ cell unite in a practically equal division of substance we say practically because the maternal and the paternal influences are not equally divided in the offspring one or the other usually predominates but as a general rule it may be said that in the development of the embryonic life the process of cell division proceeds in such a way that every germ of the child's future organism represents approximately one one-half maternal and one-half paternal substance and energy in this process lies the true secret of heredity the inherited energies retain their full measure of power and all their original quality in the growing and dividing chromosomes the chromosome is one of the segments into which the chromoplasmic filaments of a cell nucleus break up just before indirect division on the other hand the egg substance of the female germ cell which is assimilated by the chromosomes and which is turned into their substance by the process of organic chemistry loses its specific plastic vital energy completely it is in the same way that food eaten by the adult has absolutely no effect on its qualitative organic structure we may eat ever so many beef steaks without acquiring any of the characteristics of an ox and the germ cell may devour any number of egg protoplasma without losing its original paternal energy as a rule a child inherits as many qualities from its mother as from its father determination of sex sex is determined after conception has taken place at an early stage of the embryo certain cells are set apart these later form the sex glands modern research claims to have discovered the secret of absolutely determining sex in the human embryo but even if these claims are valid they have not as yet met with any general application early development some 12 days after conception the female ovule or egg which has been impregnated by the male spermatozoon escapes from the ovary where it was impregnated and entering a tube fallopian gradually descends by means of it into the cavity of the womb or uterus here the little germ begins to mature in order to develop into an exact counterpart of its parents in the human being the womb has only a single cavity and usually develops but a single embryo twins sometimes two ovules are matured at the same time if fecal dated two embryos instead of one will develop producing twins triplets and quadruplets the results of the maturing of three or four ovules at the same time occur more rarely as many as five children have been born alive at a single birth but have seldom lived for more than a few minutes gestation the development of the ovule in the womb is known as gestation or pregnancy the process is one of continued cell division and growth and while it goes on the ovule sticks to the inner wall of the womb there it is soon enveloped by a mucous membrane which grows around it and encloses it the embryo the primitive trace a delicate straight line appearing on the surface of the growing layer of cells is the base of the embryonic spinal column around this the whole embryo develops in an intricate process of cell division and duplication one end of the primitive trace becomes the head the other the tail for every human being has a tail at this stage of his existence the neck is marked by a slight depression the body by a swollen center soon little buds or pads appear in the proper positions these represent arms and legs whose ends finally split up into fingers and toes the embryonic human being has been steadily increasing in size meanwhile by the...

Death in Venice by Thomas Mann Free 2 Adults Only Audiobook Over 18s Gay Interest Book Club.
chapter 2 of death in venice by thomas mahn translated by kenneth burke this librivox recording is in the public domain the author of that lucid and powerful prose epic built around the life of frederick of prussia the tenacious artists who after long application move rich varied strands of human destiny together under one single predominating theme in the fictional tapestry known as maya the creator of that stark tale which is called the wretch and which pointed out for an entire oncoming generation the possibility of some moral certainty beyond pure knowledge finally the writer and this sums up briefly the works of his mature period of the impassioned treatise on art and the spirit whose capacity for mustering facts and further whose fluency in their presentation led cautious judges to place this treatise alongside schiller's conclusions on naive and sentimental poetry gustav ashenbach then was the son of a higher law official and was born in el the leading city in the province of silesia his forebears had been officers magistrates government functionaries men who had led severe steady lives serving their king their state a deeper strain of spirituality had been manifest in them once in the person of a preacher the preceding generation had brought a brisker more sensuous blood into the family through the author's mother daughter of a bohemian bandmaster the traces of foreignness in his features came from her a marriage of sober painstaking conscientiousness with impulses of a darker more fiery nature had had an artist as its result and this particular artist since his whole nature was centered around acquiring a reputation he showed himself if not exactly precocious at least thanks to the firmness and pithiness of his personality his accent ripened and adjusted to the public at an early age almost as a schoolboy he had made a name for himself within 10 years he had learned to face the world through the medium of his writing table to discharge the obligations of his fame in a correspondence which since many claims are pressed on the successful the trustworthy had to be brief as well as pleasant and to the point at 40 we read by the vicissitudes and the exertion of his own work he had to manage a daily mail which bore the postmarks of countries in all parts of the world equally removed from the banal and the eccentric his talents were so constituted as to gain both the confidence of the general public and the stable admiration and sympathy of the critical thus even as a young man continually devoted to the pursuit of craftsmanship and that of no ordinary kind he had never known the careless freedom of youth when around 35 years of age he had been taken ill in vienna one sharp observer said of him in company you see oshenbach has always lived like this and the speaker contracted the fingers of his left hand into a fist never like this and he let his open hand droop comfortably from the arm of his chair that hit the mark and the heroic the ethical about it all was that he was not of a strong constitution and though he was pledged by his nature to these steady efforts he was not really born to them considerations of ill health had kept him from attending school as a boy and had compelled him to receive instruction at home he had grown up alone without comrades and he was forced to realize soon enough that he belonged to a race which often lacked not talent but that physical substructure which talent relies on for its fullest fruition a race accustomed to giving its best early and seldom extending its faculties over the years but his favorite phrase was carrying through in his novel on frederick he saw the pure apotheosis of this command which struck him as the essential concept of the virtuous inaction and passion also he wished earnestly to grow old since he had always maintained that the only artistry which can be called truly...

Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch 2 Adult Erotica Books Free Audiobook Over-18s.
section 2 of venus infers this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit lubrivox.org venus infers by leopold von zakir masak translated by fernanda savage section two i was with her yesterday evening reading the roman elegies to her then i laid the book aside and improvised something for her she seemed pleased rather more than that she actually hung upon my words and her bosom heave or was i mistaken the rain beat in melancholy fashion on the window panes the fire crackled in the fireplace in wintery comfort i felt quite at home with her and for a moment i lost all my fear of this beautiful woman i kissed her hand and she permitted it then i sat down at her feet and read a short poem i had written for her venus infers place thy foot upon thy slave o thou half of hell half of dreams among the shadows dark and grave my extended body softly gleams and so on this time i really got beyond the first stanza at her request i gave her the poem in the evening keeping no copy and now as i am writing this down in my diary i can only remember the first stanza i am filled with a very curious sensation i don't believe that i am in love with wanda i'm sure that at our first meeting i felt nothing of the lightning-like flashes of passion but i feel how her extraordinary really divine beauty is gradually winding magic snares about me it isn't any spiritual sympathy which is growing in me it is a physical subjection coming on slowly but for that reason more absolutely i suffer entered more and more each day and she she merely smiles

without any provocation she suddenly said to me today you interest me most men are commonplace without verve or poetry in you there is a certain depth and capacity for enthusiasm and a deep seriousness which delight me i might learn to love you and after a short but severe shower we went out together to the meadow and the statue of venus all about us the earth steamed mists rose up toward heaven like clouds of incense a shattered rainbow still hovered in the air the trees were still shedding drops but sparrows and finches were already hopping from twig to twig they are twittering gaily as if very much pleased at something everything is filled with fresh fragrance we cannot cross the meadow for it is still wet in the sunlight it looks like a small pool and the goddess of love seems to rise from the undulations of its mirror-like surface about her head a swarm of gnats is dancing which illuminated by the sun seemed to hover above her like an oreo wanda is enjoying the lovely scene as all the benches along the walk are still wet she supports herself on my arm to rest a while a soft weariness permeates her whole being her eyes are half closed i feel the touch of her breath on my cheek how i managed to get up courage enough i really don't know but i took hold of her hand asking could you love me why not she replied letting her calm clear look rest upon me but not for long a moment later i am kneeling before her pressing my burning face against the fragrant muslin of her ground but severin this isn't right she cried but i take hold of her little foot and press my lips upon it you are getting worse and worse she cried she tore herself free and fled rapidly toward the house the while her adorable slipper remained in my hand is it an omen

all day long i didn't dare to go near her toward evening as i was sitting in my arbor her gay red head peered suddenly through the greenery of her balcony why don't you come up she called down impatiently i ran upstairs and at the top lost courage again i knocked very lightly she didn't say come in but opened the door herself and stood on the threshold where is my slipper it is i have i want i stammered get it and then we will have tea together and chat when i returned she was engaged in...

The Awakening
by Kate Chopin

Publication date 2006-11-28
Usage Public DomainCreative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics librivox, audiobook, literature, chopin, adultery
LibriVox recording of The Awakening, by Kate Chopin.

Owing to its highly personal content focused on feminine sexuality, this LibriVox edition was recorded by eight female readers.

The Modern Library edition of The Awakening has an introduction by Kay Gibbons, who writes: “The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers with its forthright treatment of sex and suicide. Departing from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine’s desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class life are the themes of this now-classic novel.” - As Kay Gibbons points out, Chopin “was writing American realism before most Americans could bear to hear that they were living it.”

The Awakening by Kate Chopin Read By Women Erotic Free Audiobooks That Shocked the World.
this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org this reading by kara shallenberg the awakening by kate chopin chapters 1 to 5 chapter 1

a green and yellow parrot which hung in a cage outside the door kept repeating over and over

that's all right he could speak a little spanish and also a language which nobody understood unless it was the mockingbird that hung on the other side of the door whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening persistence mr pontellier unable to read his newspaper with any degree of comfort arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust

he walked down the gallery and across the narrow bridges which connected the liberon cottages one with the other he had been seated before the door of the main house the parrot and the mockingbird were the property of madame lebrun and they had the right to make all the noise they wished mr pontellier had the privilege of quitting their society when they ceased to be entertaining he stopped before the door of his own cottage which was the fourth one from the main building and next to the last seating himself in a wicker rocker which was there he once more applied himself to the task of reading the newspaper the day was sunday the paper was a day old the sunday papers had not yet reached grand isle he was already acquainted with the market reports and he glanced restlessly over the editorials and bits of news which he had not had time to read before quitting new orleans the day before mr pontellier wore eyeglasses he was a man of 40 of medium height and rather slender build he stooped a little his hair was brown and straight parted on one side his beard was neatly and closely trimmed once in a while he withdrew his glance from the newspaper and looked about him there was more noise than ever over at the house the main building was called the house to distinguish it from the cottages the chattering and whistling birds were still at it two young girls the farival twins were playing a duet from zampa upon the piano madame lebrun was bustling in and out giving orders in a high key to a yard boy whenever she got inside the house and directions in an equally high voice to a dining room servant whenever she got outside she was a fresh pretty woman clad always in white with elbow sleeves her starched skirts crinkled as she came and went farther down before one of the cottages a lady in black was walking demurely up and down telling her beads a good many persons of the pension had gone over to the cheniere caminada in bordeaux's lugger to hear mass

some young people were out under the water oaks playing croquet mr pontellier's two children were there...

Death in Venice
by Thomas Mann

Publication date 2021-09-30
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Topics librivox, audiobooks, homosexuality, venice, obsession, gay,
LibriVox recording of Death in Venice by Thomas Mann. (Translated by Kenneth Burke.)
Read in English by Lee Smalley.

Thomas Mann, author of Death in Venice (German: Der Tod in Venedig) was a winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. The main character in this novella is Gustav von Aschenbach, a famous author in his early 50s who was widowed at an early age. In poor health, he visits Venice and becomes increasingly obsessed by the sight of a stunningly beautiful lad of 14. This book has been acclaimed a masterpiece and in 1971 was adapted as a film starring Dirk Bogarde. (Summary by Lee Smalley)

chapter one of death in venice by thomas mahn translated by kenneth burke this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org read by lee smalley chapter 1 on a spring afternoon of the year 19 blank when our continent lay under such threatening weather for whole months gustav ashenbach or faunachenbach as his name read officially after his 50th birthday had left his apartment on the prince regentenstrasse in munich and had gone for a long walk overwrought by the trying and precarious work of the foreign which had demanded a maximum wariness prudence penetration and rigor of the will the writer had not been able even after the noon meal to break the impetus of the productive mechanism within him that modus anime continuous which constitutes according to cicero the foundation of eloquence and he had not attained the healing sleep which what with the increasing exhaustion of his strength he needed in the middle of each day so he had gone outdoors soon after tea in the hopes that air and movement would restore him and prepare him for a profitable evening it was the beginning of may and after cold damp weeks the false midsummer had set in the english gardens although the foliage was still fresh and sparse were as pungent as in august and in the parts nearer the city had been full of conveyances and promenaders at the owlmeister which he had reached by quieter and quieter paths ocean bath had surveyed for a short time the burst garden with its lively crowds and its border of cabs and carriages from here as the sun was sinking he had started home outside the park across the open fields and since he felt tired and a storm was threatening from the direction of failing he waited at the north cemetery for the tram which would take him directly back to the city it happened that he found no one in the station or its vicinity there was not a vehicle to be seen either on the paved under with its solitary glistening rails stretching out towards schwabbing or on the philinger chauci behind the fences of the stone mason's establishments were the crosses memorial tablets and monuments standing for sale formed a second uninhabited burial ground there was no sign of life and opposite him the byzantine structure of the funeral hall lay silent in the reflection of the departing day its facade ornamented in luminous colors with greek crosses and hierarchic paintings above which were displayed inscriptions symmetrically arranged in gold letters and texts chosen to bear on the life beyond such as they enter into the dwelling of the lord or the light of eternity shall shine upon them and for some time as he stood waiting he found a grave diversion in spelling out the formulas and letting his mind's eye lose itself in the transparent mysticism when returning from his reveries he noticed in the portico above the two apocalyptic animals guarding the steps the man whose somewhat unusual appearance gave his thoughts an entirely new direction whether he had just now come out from the inside through the bronze door war had approached...

Sex
by Henry Stanton

Publication date 2008-10-04
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Topics librivox, audiobook, health, sex
Librivox recording of Sex by Henry Stanton. (1805–1887)

Henry Stanton’s 1922 book Sex - Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English is intended as a frank (although consevative and moralistic) guide to human sexual behaviour and relationships. It is partly a self-help book, partly an attempt to relay the scientific knowledge of the day in relation to sex and reproduction in a way suitable for popular consumption.
(Summary by Carl Manchester)

chapter 1 of sex this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by mary rohde sex by henry stanton chapter one sex the happiness of all human beings men and women depends largely on their rational solution of the sexual problem sex and the part it plays in human life cannot be ignored in the case of animals sex plays a simpler and less complex role it is a purely natural and instinctive function whose underlying purpose is the perpetuation of the species it is not complicated by the many incidental phenomena which result in man's case from psychologic economic moral and religious causes climate social conditions individual modes of life and work alcohol wealth and poverty and other factors affect sexual activity in human beings sexual love which is practically unknown to the animals is a special development of the sex urge in the human soul the deeper purpose of the sex function in human beings likewise is procreation the reproduction of species the average man woman and child should know the essential sex facts in order to be able to deal with the sex problems of life of late years there has been a greater diffusion of such knowledge to a large extent however children and adolescents are still taught to look on all that pertains to sex as something shameful and immodest something not to be discussed sex is an avoided subject this is fundamentally wrong sex affects the very root of all human life its activities are not obscene but nature's own means to certain legitimate ends the sex functions when properly controlled and led into the proper channels are a most essential and legitimate form of physical self-expression the veil of secrecy with which they are so often shrouded tends to create an altogether false impression regarding them this discussion of these avoided subjects in plain english is intended to give the salient facts regarding sex in a direct straightforward manner bearing in mind the true purpose of normal sex activities the more we know of the facts of sex the right and normal part sex activities play in life and all the tends to abuse and degrade them the better able we will be to make sex a factor for happiness in our own lives and that of our descendants mankind for its own general good must desire that reproduction the real purpose of every sexual function occur in such a way as to perpetuate its own best physical and mental qualities the law of physical life it is a universal rule of physical life that every individual being undergoes a development which we know as its individual life and which so far as its physical substance is concerned ends with death death is the destruction of the greater part of this individual organism which when death ensues once more becomes lifeless matter only small portions of this matter the germ cells continue to live under certain conditions which nature has fixed the germ cell as has been established by the microscope is the tiny cell which in the lowest living organisms as well as in man himself forms the unit of physical development yet even this tiny cell is already a highly organized and perfected thing it is composed of the most widely differing elements which taken together form the so-called protoplasm or cellular substance...