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Story of the Eye Study Guide

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by Georges Bataille
About 26 pages (7,908 words)
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Sexual Exploration

The main characters of this novel are young and inexperienced when it comes to sex. However, this does not stop them from learning. In the beginning, the young couple spends a great deal of time exploring what gives them pleasure without indulging in sexual intercourse. The couple quickly learns what makes their passion intense and finds many ways to participate in these situations. At first, their sexual play is of a conventional type. However, when Marcelle happens on them in the garden, the couple discovers that they like being watched and they also like to share their play with other people.

The couple then participates in an orgy. The party is exciting for the couple. However, when they are found out by their friends' parents, their freedom comes under question. This leads to the narrator.....

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