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Bio: Henry Miller (December 26, 1891 - June 7, 1980, New York City), was an American novelist, whose novel Tropic of Cancer led to a series of controversial obscenity trials in the United States ?testing the pornography laws of the time. In early life, he had tried a variety of jobs and briefly attended the City College of New York. In 1930, he moved to Paris, France where he lived until the outbreak of World War II. During his first winter in Paris, he came close to starving. Sleeping in a different place each night, scrounging free meals whenever possible, he chanced upon Richard Osborn, an American lawyer, who gave him a free room in his apartment. Each morning, Osborn left ten francs on the kitchen table. In the fall of 1931, Henry Miller got a job at the Tribune as a proofreader, thanks to his friend Alfred Perlès who worked there. He took the opportunity to submit some of his articles under Perlès name, since only the editorial staff were permitted to publish in the paper. That same year, at the Villa Seurat in Montparnasse, he wrote the erotic novel Tropic of Cancer, published in 1934. His anti-puritanical book(s) did much to free the discussion of sexual subjects in American writing from both legal and social restrictions. He continued to write erotic novels that were banned in the United States on grounds of obscenity. Along with Tropic of Cancer, his Black Spring (1936), and Tropic of Capricorn (1939), were smuggled into his native country, building Miller an underground reputation. In 1940 he returned to the United States settling in Big Sur, California. There he continued to produce his vividly written works which attacked contemporary American cultural values and moral attitudes. The ultimate publication of Miller's Tropic of Cancer novel in the United States led to a series of obscenity trials that tested American laws on pornography. In 1964 the Supreme Court of the United States overruled the State Court findings of obscenity, one of the notable events in what has come to be known as the sexual revolution. After his death, Henry Miller was cremated and his ashes scattered off Big Sur.


1. Long [107000 words]Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller [Erotica/Classic Literature]
2. Long [131064 words]Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller [Erotica/Classic Literature]
3. Very Long [197480 words]Sexus [The Rosy Crucifixion Book I] by Henry Miller [Erotica/Classic Literature]
  1. Long [107000 words]Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller [Erotica/Classic Literature]
2. Long [131064 words]Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller [Erotica/Classic Literature]
3. Short [24895 words]Quiet Days in Clichy by Henry Miller [Erotica/Classic Literature]

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1 Tropic of Cancer [MultiFormat]
by Henry Miller
  Henry Miller's best-known and most famous work (on anybody's top 100 list, and among this year's top 50 sellers), was first published by Girodias's father in 1934. The book itself was accepted by Jack Kahane in '31, but the economy and Kahane's legal struggles led him to continually delay launching the title into print, a situation that was remedied only by Anais Nin's agreeing to pay printer's costs several years later. (A few accounts have Nin receiving the money from her rich broker husband, ... more info>> (Published: 1934)

Words: 107000 - Reading Time: 305-428 min.
Category: Erotica
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2 Nexus [The Rosy Crucifixion Book III] [MultiFormat]
by Henry Miller
  A stunning work that sings with energy and expectation, Nexus is the last volume of the Rosy Crucifixion series, and the last major effort from this renowned author. Speaking of his life with June, and her friend who had gone on before, the work paints this bizarre trio. Still later, the time comes when Henry, finally, is free of NY, free of America, and free to truly begin writing as he'd been wanting to for so long. The only major novel in American letters to begin "Woof Woof," as it must.

Words: 124670 - Reading Time: 356-498 min.
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3 Plexus [The Rosy Crucifixion Book II] [MultiFormat]
by Henry Miller
  Second volume in the Rosy Crucifixion series. More about Henry and June, also chronicling the author's travels to the deep South, and his work as an encyclopedia salesmen (after he'd left personnel).

Words: 220465 - Reading Time: 629-881 min.
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4 Sexus [The Rosy Crucifixion Book I] [MultiFormat]
by Henry Miller
  First volume in the Rosy Crucifixion series, originally published not by the Olympia Press, but rather Editions du Chene, Girodias' prior imprint (he was forced out after financial difficulties). Sexus is among Miller's most diverting works, at times erudite, dull, erotic and tame, chronicling the author's first wife, his final days in New York, his crushing failures, and his many women.

Words: 197480 - Reading Time: 564-789 min.
Category: Erotica
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5 Tropic of Capricorn [MultiFormat]
by Henry Miller
  "Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos." Miller's sequel to Tropic of Cancer gives us more of his life, and in particular his days at the Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company (Western Union.) It was only with publication of this work that Miller found himself able to leave Paris. (Published: 1938)

Words: 131064 - Reading Time: 374-524 min.
Category: Erotica
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6 Black Spring [MultiFormat]
by Henry Miller
  Completing, in a sense, the trilogy begun with Tropic of Cancer, Miller again presents us with anecdotes of life in Brooklyn. His work at the Tailor is much-discussed, among other humerous anecdotes. There are ten stories in this volume, loosely arranged. An odd (-er-than-usual for Mr. Miller) publishing history accompanies this work. Miller actually wrote it while simultaneously revising Tropic of Cancer, working on Tropic of Capricorn and completing a study of D.H. Lawrence. Hectic in its pace... more info>>

Words: 67154 - Reading Time: 191-268 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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7 Quiet Days in Clichy [MultiFormat]
by Henry Miller
  Henry Miller's brief yet vibrant account of his days in the Paris suburb. The work also features the author on the road with some intriguing adventures in the low countries. This title was first published by Olympia in 1956, and later made into a film with Miller's approval. (Published: 1956)

Words: 24895 - Reading Time: 71-99 min.
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8 The World of Sex [MultiFormat]
by Henry Miller
  Miller's philosophy, experiences, along with wide-ranging assaults on American morality and hypocrisy. The book has an odd history, being published first at the dawn of World War II (in Chicago, no less), and later being reissued by Girodias' Traveller's Companion Series. With some corrections from Henry, Olympia reissued this text in 1957. (Published: 1941)

Words: 18900 - Reading Time: 54-75 min.
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