The Romance of Chastisement
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The Romance of Chastisement is a Victorian pornographic collection on the theme of flagellation
by St George Stock (a probable pseudonym
, also credited with The Whippingham Papers
) and published by John Camden Hotten
in 1866. It was reprinted by William Lazenby
in 1883 and again by Charles Carrington
in 1902 as The Magnetism of the Rod or the Revelations of Miss Darcy.
Flagellation
Flagellation or flogging is the act of methodically beating or whipping the human body. Specialised implements for it include rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails and the sjambok...
by St George Stock (a probable pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
, also credited with The Whippingham Papers
The Whippingham Papers
The Whippingham Papers is a Victorian work of sado-masochistic pornography by St George Stock and published by Edward Avery in December 1887...
) and published by John Camden Hotten
John Camden Hotten
John Camden Hotten was an English bibliophile and publisher.Hotten was born in Clerkenwell, London to a family of Cornish origins. He spent the period 1848–1856 in America and on his return opened a small bookshop in London at 151a Piccadilly, and founded the publishing firm later known as Chatto...
in 1866. It was reprinted by William Lazenby
William Lazenby
William Lazenby was an English publisher of pornography active in the 1870s and 1880s. He used the aliases Duncan Cameron and Thomas Judd...
in 1883 and again by Charles Carrington
Charles Carrington
Charles Carrington was a leading British publisher of erotica in late-19th and early 20th century Europe. Born Paul Harry Ferdinando in Bethnal Green, England on 11 November 1867, he moved in 1895 from London to Paris where he published and sold books in the rue Faubourg Montmartre and rue de...
in 1902 as The Magnetism of the Rod or the Revelations of Miss Darcy.