Sylvia Beach: “spicy books”

A bit of biographical information about her here. I wrote about her on her birthday.

“Joyce was soon deriving a steady income from Ulysses in spite of the fact that it was denied its normal outlets in the English-speaking countries. And, of course, its reputation as a banned book helped the sales. It was saddening, however, to see such a work listed in catalogues of erotica alongside Fanny Hill, The Perfumed Garden and that everlasting Casanova, not to speak of plain pornography like Raped on the Rail. An Irish priest, purchasing Ulysses, asked me, ‘Any other spicy books?'”

Sylvia Beach

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