Memoirs of a Russian Princess

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1890

Memoirs of a Russian Princess is an 1890 erotic novel written by an anonymous author known as "Katoumbah Pasha" or "Pasha Katoumbah." [1] [2] The book is set in Russia during the late 18th century and is purportedly based on the intimate diary of "Vavara Softa", the daughter of a powerful Russian boyar named "Dimitri". [3]

It was also published in French, Spanish, Japanese and Dutch [4] and was reprinted in English in 1907 and in the 1930s. It was reprinted in 1967 by Grove Press. [4]

It is included in a Dutch anthology or erotic fiction in 1983. [5]

References

  1. "Aquella princesa rusa". Página12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. Glass, Helen (2013). Counterculture Colophon. Stanford University Press. p. 196. ISBN   978-0804784160.
    - BNB entry
  3. Goscilo, Helena (1996). Dehexing sex: Russian womanhood during and after glasnost. University of Michigan Press. pp. 167–168. ISBN   0472066145.
  4. 1 2 worldcat.org https://web.archive.org/web/20181127022531/http://www.worldcat.org/title/memoirs-of-a-russian-princess-gleaned-from-her-secret-diary/oclc/220139502&referer=brief_results. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Omnibus der erotiek / Dl. 2, Frank en ik / [vert. uit het Engels door Janna G. Hageman]. De wellustige Turk / [vert. uit het Engels door L.C. Lucas]. Vavara / K. Pasha ; [vert. uit het Engels door Heinz Wallisch]. OCLC   768908094. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015.