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She not only had a short name, she was on a short leash.

Some critics consider this the first bona fide novel to deliberately sexually stimulate the reader as part of the reading experience, as opposed to being porn, which does that without actually telling a story that anyone cares about. Subjective.

The French consider it a great novel. But they like Jerry Lewis too.

It's worth noting that the book exists in several censored forms, and that its original last chapter includes the heroine's voluntary death...

(this text was added 2002 Mar 26 by 24.150.61.63)

This "suicide ending", which is one of two possible endings mentioned in the book, serves as the final paragraph. It is essentially a footnote. As with the other "suppressed" ending mentioned in the paragraph before it, it was omitted by Reage and was never published. Joseph S Atkinson 07:58, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

It seems that this should be titled just "Story of O", to parallel the original title "Histoire d'O". I'm not very fluent in French, but I know there is a definite article (le/la) which is actually used in some situations where articles are not used in English. But mostly I rely on that being the name of three different translations of the book. Two movies were called "The Story of O', but I'd put more emphasis on the book titles. There is an existing, more recent redirection page - I think they should just be swapped. --NealMcB 22:59, 2004 Jul 23 (UTC)

done. double redirections eliminated. --NealMcB 22:49, 2004 Jul 30 (UTC)

As native French speaker, I totally disagree with the interpretation of the omission of the "L'" which has recently appeared in the article. The omission on the contrary gives more emphasis, more importance to the story. For instance we say: Histoire de France, or Histoire du règne de Louis XIV ... omitting the article gives also an 'old fashioned', ancient sound to it. It could also be an hommage to Sade Histoire de Juliette ou les Prospérités du vice 82.120.124.92 28 June 2005 21:59 (UTC)

What is the significance of the inclusion of the image of the "Ring of Roissy" on this page? There's nothing in the text to indicate why it's important to this article. --206.61.189.130 21:32, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

It's the emblem of the secret society in the book... AnonMoos 02:09, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

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I removed the following from the article, as it does not appear to have any evidence to support it:

It is thought that a real-life O and inspiration in the entourage of Anne Desclos was French novelist Janine Aeply, the wife of French painter Jean Fautrier.

Please do not re-insert this into the article unless it can be supported by citation to an independent source, to which it would need to be attributed. -- Karada 09:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

The source is Dominique Aury by Angie David - Editions Léo Scheer, 560 pp - ISBN 2756100307 - Biography in French Hektor 22:14, 10 February 2007 (UTC)