Maids: An Erotic Anthology

'EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE A MAID…'

One of the most original and delightful anthologies we have ever devised.

When we started our research for Maids we had no idea what a rich subject it would turn out to be. What emerged was a book so full of intriguing and arousing art and photography, not to mention spicy extracts from great erotic literature that it does justice to this fascinating and hugely erotic subject.

A PERFECT MARRIAGE OF ART AND LITERATURE

Maids traces the history of the maid in erotic literature throughout the last two centuries, but concentrates on the maid's golden age, the 19th century. The Victorian Maid is the stuff of erotic legend and this pert, biddable female has been at the heart of many a male sexual fantasy for almost a century and a half.

Maids is divided into loosely chronological image galleries and juicy sections of text by authors ranging from well known to obscure or even to shady and anonymous. The scope is great. Take this extract from the anonymously penned Edwardian classic The Way of a Man with a Maid,

"'Oh! Oh!' she wailed, crimson with shame, her face hidden on her bosom which now was wildly heaving in agitation. It was a wonderful spectacle! In the foreground was Fanny, naked, helpless, in an agony of shame, in the background but close to her was Alice exquisitely costumed and hatted, gloating over the sight of her maid's absolute nudity, her eyes intently fixed on the gloriously luscious curves of Fanny's hips, haunches and bottom.

"I managed to catch her eye and motioned to her to come and sit on my knees that we might, in each other's close company, study her maid's naked charms so reluctantly being exhibited to us. With one long last look she obeyed my summons. As she seated herself on my knees she threw her arms round my neck and kissed me rapturously whispering, 'Jack, isn't she delicious!'"

WHAT THE BUTLER DIDN'T SEE…

Likewise the (sometimes explicit) images are by a selection of artists and photographers who vary widely in their treatment of the subject. As well as a wealth of period photography, China Hamilton, Ben Westwood, Eric Wilkins and John DuPret all have contributed to make Maids the most intriguing, saucy and provocative book you'll ever possess on the subject!