Miss Coote's Confessions!

Miss Coote's Confessions or The Voluptuous Experiences of an Old Maid

I stumbled across this little gem whilst checking out the competition over on Amazon. The picture enticed me into buying a copy and l have to say l wasn't the slightest bit disappointed! There are four in all but the one l read is the one with the above picture and the title 'Miss Coote's confession,annotated' :

Product Description

Here are the confessions of Miss Rosa Belinda Coote or the Voluptuous Experiences of an Old Maid is a classic tale of flagellation in Victorian Society. Written as a series of letters to an old friend Miss Coote describes her initiation into the world of flagellation by the rod and birch and describes in graphic detail how Miss Coote develops a passion for correction and use of the birch following chastisement by her Grandfather Sir Eyre Coote. A passion she lives out in vivid detail as told in the letters to her friend Nellie.

Published by “Anonymous “in The Pearl Magazine a short lived pornographic magazine published 1879 until 1880. The letters of Miss Coote were probably written by William Lazenby a publisher and writer of erotica, The Pearl was an underground magazine which probably resulted in its early demise.

Miss Cootes story lifts the lid on straight laced Victorian society and describe in graphic detail the use of rod and birch as tools as a means of sexual gratification. Be warned this is not a book suitable for the weak.

Also with an article by Lucy Bowering about erotic spanking.

We now strip all her petticoats off, and undo her stays, fully displaying the large fine plump globes of her splendid bosom, with their pretty pink nipples; then she is fastened up again, and stands with her wrists fastened well above her head. She has her fawn-coloured kid gloves, and the net, as usual, up to her elbows, so as to set off her arms and hands to the best advantage. She has nothing but chemise and drawers to hide her fine figure; but before commencing again, the General orders the latter to be entirely removed and her chemise to be pinned up to the shoulders.

The victim writhes and shrieks with pain at every blow, but refuses to admit her fault, or beg pardon. The sight of her sufferings seemed to nerve my arm, and add to my excitement, the blood seemed delicious in my eyes, and I gradually worked myself up, so that I felt such gushing thrilling sensations as to quite overcome me. The whip was dropped in exhaustion, and I sank back on a seat in a kind of lethargic stupor, yet quite conscious of all that was going on.

EROTIC SPANKING BY LUCY BOWERING

 

The origins and scope of erotic spanking and flagellation are largely unknown. One of the earliest depictions of erotic flagellation is found in a 6th century BC Etruscan burial site named in modern times the Tomba della Fustigazione or "Tomb of Flogging" after its depictions of eroticized flagellation.

Representations of erotic spanking and flagellation make up a large portion of Victorian pornography (see 1000 Nudes by Koetzle.) Hundreds of thousands of engravings, photographs, and/or literary depictions of spanking and flagellation

("birching") fantasies circulated during the Victorian era, including erotic novellas like The Whippingham Papers, The Birchen Bouquet, Exhibition of Female Flagellants or the pornographic comic opera Lady Bumtickler's Revels.

Many well-known people since their deaths have been discovered to enjoy spankings for erotic purposes or emotional gratification.

A spanking may be carried out with the use of a bare hand, or with any of a variety of implements, including a paddle, strap, hairbrush or belt. Other popular tools are canes, riding crops, whips, switches, birches, sneakers, rolled-up newspapers, rulers or martinet.

In a BDSM context, spanking involves the spankee being physically restrained and the spanker having access to the spankee's buttocks for spanking or whipping, and the full range of spanking implements can be used. There are many scenarios in the home where a spankee can be tied up. For example, the spankee can be tied or handcuffed lying on a bed or couch. On a bed the spankee's legs can be tied together or they can be spread-eagle. The spankee can be tied upright to a doorway or other frame. A popular position is the doggie position, in which the spankee's buttocks are fully presented for spanking. 

The spankee can be stooped over touching the toes, or holding onto a chair, couch, bench, desk or table, or kneeling on a bed or couch, stooped over with hands on the floor. The spankee can be tied to furniture, such as a chair or table.

The vivid descriptions in Miss Cootes letters show that the Victorian world was not as straight laced as we have been lead to believe! Enjoy the adventures of Miss Coote.

If spanking (or in this case flogging) is your thing (or one of them) then this book is certainly worth a read! Enjoy!

until next time

Gemma