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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice
Longer than that. Have you read the original Bram Stoker Dracula, or any other Victorian-era vampire story? the eroticism is less blatant, but very clearly there, particularly in the illustrations.
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Oh, yes, I've read earlier works, including Victorian porn. My point, though, was that the graphic depiction of intercourse, sodomy, fellatio, etc., has been present in the romance/paranormal genre for quite a while now, so these Fifty Shades books aren't breaking any new ground for anyone who's been reading books in the genre throughout their lives. That's why the fuss about them makes me laugh, and I'm sure has its author laughing all the way to the bank. It was her luck that someone new to the genre got the word-of-mouth started about her book and kicked off the sales.
