Thanks for the cudoose, Moby.Originally Posted by Mobius
But I'm chagrined by the fact that you regard "The Rise of Li Chang" {Jade Pavilion Book II} as infamous :-(( There are many, many chapters -- Chapter 116 "Leather, Blood, and Iron" is but one example -- that one can pick up and read without having read any of the prior chapters. All you need to know is that the baron is a nasty fellow, and that the story proper is set in the 1880's and that the baron is reminiscing about events that happened in his teenage years, twenty-five years earlier -- but one can pretty well discern all that from the context, I think.
There *is* a unified story line that connects all of the many episodes, but I honestly believe that a reader could select a chapter title that appeals to him/her like
"The Training of Erika Weiss"
"On Shameful Display"
"Warm Breasts and Hot Oil -- The Valley of Pleasure"
"Feng the Butcher and the Barbarian Princess"
"The Breast Bondage of the Ceylonese Sisters"
"The Nipple-Gag of Genghis Khan"
"Mila the Slave Dancer"
"The Dungeon of Fear"
"The Humiliation of Ming-tsu"
"The Degradation of Erika Weiss"
just to name a few -- read it, and enjoy it from an erotic perspective, without much regard for the overall story. Hopefully, the reader's interest would be piqued enough to read more of the adventures of the many beautiful heroines and treacherous villains who populate this story, but if not, that's OK.
Pick out a chapter title that appeals to you and give it a shot. I don't think you'll be disappointed. #116 is a particular favorite of mine, but what do I know. :-)
Boccaccio