Books like The Debauched Hospodar by Guillaume Apollinaire

Ernest Hemingway’s Louisiana‑born narrator takes readers through the 1920s Lost Generation—expatriates on Paris’s Left Bank, bullfights in Spain, and the era’s moral and spiritual unraveling.

Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron is a 14th‑century collection of 100 Italian tales told by ten young people who flee the plague‑ravaged Florence to a villa in Fiesole, each day presenting stories framed by a rule and a closing canzone.

Written in debtor's prison in 1784, Memoirs of Fanny Hill is the first modern English erotic novel that follows a young woman forced into prostitution by poverty, who navigates love, betrayal, and personal growth to find her own ending.

In post‑war Sydney, Maggie Chamberlin seeks a fresh start only to be swept into a passionate bond with the charismatic Reeve McKenna, whose own heart is torn over the mystery of a vanished brother.

An annotated version of Ginsberg's classic, detailing the composition process and techniques of 'Howl'.

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A tale of forbidden love and political intrigue in 19th-century France, blending historical fiction and erotic romance with a touch of psychic vision for Elza, the French mistress of a French commander and the main character’s love story with Napoleon Bonaparte.

Edward and Edward: A dark, forbidden romance of love, lust, and salvation.

James Joyce's groundbreaking novel of 1904, where Dublin is the backdrop for a day in the life of the protagonist, a journey through its streets and its inhabitants, including the author's fictionalized self.