Classic Love Stories

Perfumed Garden

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  • 1420 first published
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Published in 1420, Perfumed Garden is a classic romance novel by Sheikh Nefzaoui.

A free LibriVox audiobook (5 h 38 min) is available.

About Perfumed Garden

A fifteenth-century Arabic sex manual and work of erotic literature. The book presents opinions on what qualities men and women should have to be attractive, gives advice on sexual technique, warnings about sexual health, and recipes to remedy sexual maladies. It gives lists of names for the penis and vagina, has a section on the interpretation of dreams, and briefly describes sex among animals. Interspersed with these there are a number of stories which are intended to give context and amusement. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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Perfumed Garden — LibriVox recording, 5 h 38 min in 15 sections.

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Who wrote Perfumed Garden?

Perfumed Garden was written by Sheikh Nefzaoui and first published in 1420.

What genre is Perfumed Garden?

It is usually shelved as Classic Love Stories.

Is there a free audiobook of Perfumed Garden?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 5 h 38 min.

What books are similar to Perfumed Garden?

Readers who like it often enjoy Middlemarch, The Blue Castle: a novel and The Enchanted April.

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