Gordon A Novel
Gordon, a novel by Edith Templeton, is a reprint edition published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on May 11, 2004. This 240-page work is presented in English and explores the complex relationship between Louisa, a self-reliant woman recently discharged from the British Army during World War II, and Gordon, a peculiar psychiatrist with an unusual charisma. Their encounter in a London pub leads to an affair marked by both physical and psychological challenges, as Louisa navigates the dynamics of submission and emotional satisfaction.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into themes of consent and submission, as Louisa’s relationship with Gordon evolves in unexpected ways. The book examines her journey toward self-discovery amidst the complexities of their entanglement, revealing insights into her troubled past. Originally published in 1966 under a pseudonym and previously banned in England and Germany for its candid sexual content, Gordon remains a provocative exploration of the boundaries of intimacy and power dynamics.
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Louisa is a clever, self-reliant woman who has just been discharged from her duty as an officer in the British Army during World War II. In a London pub one afternoon she meets Gordon: a slight, peculiar psychiatrist with queer eyes and a strange charisma. Within an hour, Louisa has been sexually conquered by him on a garden bench. So begins an affair in which Gordon compulsively violates Louisa’s body and psyche, while Louisa matches his onslaughts with an insolent submission. As their entanglement deepens, Louisa finds a heady emotional satisfaction beneath the humiliation that Gordon inflicts, and comes to a new understanding of her troubled history and the self that has emerged from it.
Originally published under a pseudonym in 1966, Gordon was banned in England and Germany for its frank sexual content, and even today it remains provocative in its fearless probing of the boundaries of consent and submission.
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