The Convent School, or Early Experien

“Since, dear Rosie, you are so interested to hear my birching and whipping experiences, I will try to recollect them as well as possible, but hope you will consider my weak state of health, and not press me to tell you too much at once.”

The Convent School, or Early Experiences of A Young Flagellant is a classic of 19th century sadomasochistic eroticism. Often cruel, the famous bibliophile Henry Spencer Ashbee will say of this little novel that “the numerous flagellations, supplemented by filthy tortures, are insuperably tedious and revolting”