Teleny, or the Reverse of the Medal (ebook)

This is a free ebook of a public domain work, formatted for easy reading on a tablet or ereader. The text has been proofread to contain minimal errors.

Teleny, or, The Reverse of the Medal, is a pornographic novel first published in London in 1893. 

Set in fin-de-siècle Paris, its concerns are the magnetic attraction and passionate though ultimately tragic affair between a young Frenchman named Camille de Grieux and the Hungarian pianist René Teleny. Its lush and literate, though variable prose style and the relative complexity and depth of character and plot development share as much with the Aesthetic fiction of the period as with its typical pornography.

The authorship of the work is unknown. There is a general consensus that it was an ensemble effort, but it has often been attributed to Oscar Wilde. 

CONTENT NOTES from T.C. Mill: Victorian erotica could be a pretty wild creature. Be aware this book contains, alongside its lush and sensuous delights, some distressing scenes plus topics you probably wouldn't expect from a modern gay historical novel or romance. These include period-typical misogyny, pressured and/or coerced sex with non-leading characters, heterosexual sex scenes, and death by suicide.