--- product_id: 99478646 title: "The Sexual Life of Catherine M. (Serpent's Tail Classics)" price: "€ 19.19" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/99478646-the-sexual-life-of-catherine-m-serpents-tail-classics store_origin: CY region: Cyprus --- # The Sexual Life of Catherine M. (Serpent's Tail Classics) **Price:** € 19.19 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Sexual Life of Catherine M. (Serpent's Tail Classics) - **How much does it cost?** € 19.19 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.cy](https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/99478646-the-sexual-life-of-catherine-m-serpents-tail-classics) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Sexual Life of Catherine M. (Serpent's Tail Classics) - Kindle edition by Millet, Catherine. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Sexual Life of Catherine M. (Serpent's Tail Classics). Review: A wonderfully detailed memoir of an active sex life. - Catherine Millet has written a thoughtful memoir of her sexual activities with many people over an indeterminate amount of time. Predominately she is descriptive of her activities, her partners, and her thoughts and physical feelings. There are no dialogs or regrets, just a straightforward presentation. The book contains a lot of graphic description of sexual acts that may shock some readers. The author does go into quite a bit of abstract intellectual thought about meanings. This can either enhance or distract from the flow of the narrative. Unlike My Life And Loves by Frank Harris, this book is not a chronological journal. It is arranged into four chapters called Numbers, Space, Confined Space, and Details. In "Numbers" Millet talks about her fondness for many physical relationships. Although she has sexual friendships and lovers, most of her encounters are with anonymous partners. "Space" is a chapter devoted to her joy in making love outdoors. "Confined Space," on the other hand, describes her need to find privacy with her lovers in stairwells, alleys, storerooms, etc. The small intimate facts and observations on lovemaking are saved for the last chapter, "Details." What I find most interesting is how little else there is in the book to provide background or setting. Only a few locations and the first names of a few men are given. Never are dates provided which gives the work a timelessness like an erotic adult fairy tale. I found out through other sources that the author was born in 1948, and has been in a monogamous marriage for over ten years. I needed that much of a setting to make some sense of this work. With the current fear of AIDS and herpes, I found it difficult to imagine a person today engaging so freely in the activities described in this book, and began to think of it as an extremely well-detailed fantasy. However, when I realized that the setting for most of the material was probably the Sexual Revolution of the late 1960s and the 1970s, then I saw this book as the report of an adventurous explorer giving a meticulous account of that time and its unique morality as it worked itself out in her own life. Review: The Joylessness of Sex - This sexual autobiography published ten years or so ago is sooo French! It's a glacial, loveless, joyless account of a woman who lends herself to every kind of penetration in every conceivable location, generally involving several (usually male) partners; but it is devoid of the slightest tenderness or passion - it's neither erotic nor even pornographic, and the activities are glossed over with a kind of vacant philosophising which is supposed to give it weight and depth. It may have been a shocker when it came out, but when one recalls that THE STORY OF O appeared in 1954, itself a pale pastiche of the work of the Marquis de Sade in the late eighteenth century, one gets the picture. If you want either titillation or serious thought, read de Sade. As for striking a blow for women, it tends to do the opposite. Worth remembering, too, that 'Pauline Réage' wrote THE STORY OF O to prove to her male lover that a woman could write just as well in the same vein as de Sade. De Sade is more respectful of women. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B008LRLVTI | | Accessibility | Learn more | | Best Sellers Rank | #181,435 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #135 in Sexuality (Kindle Store) #156 in Essays (Kindle Store) #219 in General Sexual Health | | Customer Reviews | 3.3 3.3 out of 5 stars (536) | | Edition | Main | | Enhanced typesetting | Enabled | | File size | 1.8 MB | | ISBN-13 | 978-1847655820 | | Language | English | | Page Flip | Enabled | | Print length | 193 pages | | Publication date | July 10, 2012 | | Publisher | Serpent's Tail | | Screen Reader | Supported | | Word Wise | Enabled | | X-Ray | Enabled | ## Images ![The Sexual Life of Catherine M. (Serpent's Tail Classics) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91GHArpR+4L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A wonderfully detailed memoir of an active sex life. *by F***O on April 12, 2003* Catherine Millet has written a thoughtful memoir of her sexual activities with many people over an indeterminate amount of time. Predominately she is descriptive of her activities, her partners, and her thoughts and physical feelings. There are no dialogs or regrets, just a straightforward presentation. The book contains a lot of graphic description of sexual acts that may shock some readers. The author does go into quite a bit of abstract intellectual thought about meanings. This can either enhance or distract from the flow of the narrative. Unlike My Life And Loves by Frank Harris, this book is not a chronological journal. It is arranged into four chapters called Numbers, Space, Confined Space, and Details. In "Numbers" Millet talks about her fondness for many physical relationships. Although she has sexual friendships and lovers, most of her encounters are with anonymous partners. "Space" is a chapter devoted to her joy in making love outdoors. "Confined Space," on the other hand, describes her need to find privacy with her lovers in stairwells, alleys, storerooms, etc. The small intimate facts and observations on lovemaking are saved for the last chapter, "Details." What I find most interesting is how little else there is in the book to provide background or setting. Only a few locations and the first names of a few men are given. Never are dates provided which gives the work a timelessness like an erotic adult fairy tale. I found out through other sources that the author was born in 1948, and has been in a monogamous marriage for over ten years. I needed that much of a setting to make some sense of this work. With the current fear of AIDS and herpes, I found it difficult to imagine a person today engaging so freely in the activities described in this book, and began to think of it as an extremely well-detailed fantasy. However, when I realized that the setting for most of the material was probably the Sexual Revolution of the late 1960s and the 1970s, then I saw this book as the report of an adventurous explorer giving a meticulous account of that time and its unique morality as it worked itself out in her own life. ### ⭐⭐⭐ The Joylessness of Sex *by M***R on July 3, 2012* This sexual autobiography published ten years or so ago is sooo French! It's a glacial, loveless, joyless account of a woman who lends herself to every kind of penetration in every conceivable location, generally involving several (usually male) partners; but it is devoid of the slightest tenderness or passion - it's neither erotic nor even pornographic, and the activities are glossed over with a kind of vacant philosophising which is supposed to give it weight and depth. It may have been a shocker when it came out, but when one recalls that THE STORY OF O appeared in 1954, itself a pale pastiche of the work of the Marquis de Sade in the late eighteenth century, one gets the picture. If you want either titillation or serious thought, read de Sade. As for striking a blow for women, it tends to do the opposite. Worth remembering, too, that 'Pauline Réage' wrote THE STORY OF O to prove to her male lover that a woman could write just as well in the same vein as de Sade. De Sade is more respectful of women. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very interesting account of one persons sexuality *by S***A on July 13, 2014* This book is not erotica, it is mainly about sex but it is not written to turn you on. If that's what you are looking for I suggest you find another book to read. It is written honestly and without regard for what you may think of it or her life or how you may judge her. She writes intelligently and with humour about herself. It was a great read. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/99478646-the-sexual-life-of-catherine-m-serpents-tail-classics](https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/99478646-the-sexual-life-of-catherine-m-serpents-tail-classics) --- *Product available on Desertcart Cyprus* *Store origin: CY* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*