Josephine Mutzenbacher

Josephine Mutzenbacher or The Story of a Viennese Whore, as Told by Herself is an erotic novel first published anonymously in Vienna, Austria in 1906. The novel is famous in the German-speaking world, having been in print in both German and English for over 100 years and sold over 3 million copies, becoming an erotic bestseller.

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 * The best account of sexuality in the lower classes of Vienna is the classic The Memoirs of Josephine Mutzenbacher by Felix Salten, which originally appeared in 1895. It is the true story of Josephine, or Pepi as she was called, who was born in Ottaring in 1849 and became one of the most famous courtesans in Vienna in the 1880s and '90s. Retired to a ranch in Carinthia, she summoned Salten, author of Bambi, to write her memoirs.
 * page 282 of 2002 novel by J. Sydney Jones