Beauty's Punishment

by Roquelaure, A. N. (Author); Rice, Anne (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780452281431
• ISBN10: 0452281431
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1984-03-01
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice's elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Now Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the Satyricon-like world of the Castle. Sold at auction, she will soon experience the tantalizing punishments of "the village," as her education in love, cruelty, dominance, submission, and tenderness is turned over to the brazenly handsome Captain of the Guard. And once again Rice's fabulous tale of pleasure and pain dares to explore the most primal and well-hidden desires of the human heart.

Table of Contents

The Story Thus Far	ix
The Punished	1	(4)
Beauty and Tristan	5	(8)
The Auction in the Marketplace	13	(10)
Beauty on the Block	23	(5)
Lessons from Mistress Lockley	28	(13)
Prince Roger's Strange Little Story	41	(4)
The Captain of the Guard	45	(6)
The Place of Public Punishment	51	(8)
Tristan in the House of Nicolas, the Queen's Chronicler	59	(14)
A Splendid Equipage	73	(5)
The Farm and the Stable	78	(10)
Soldiers' Night at the Inn	88	(11)
Grand Entertainment	99	(9)
Nicolas's Bedchamber	108	(7)
Tristan's Soul Further Revealed	115	(17)
Mistress Lockley's Discipline	132	(11)
Conversation with Prince Richard	143	(7)
Public Tents	150	(6)
Mistress Lockley's Affections	156	(8)
Secrets in the Inner Chamber	164	(16)
Under the Stars	180	(8)
Revelations and Mysteries	188	(10)
Penitential Procession	198	(4)
Tristan and Beauty	202	(10)
Disaster	212	(3)
Exotic Merchandise	215	(5)
Another Turn of the Wheel	220	(7)
Voluptuous Captivity	227