The Pearl Author:Gran The Pearl was a monthly journal that first appeared in July 1879 in London. Catering to every erotic taste, it flourished until December 1880, when it vanished as mysteriously as it had appeared. Here are all 18 issues of The Pearl, featuring 6 serialized novels--including Lady Pokingham, and La Rose d'Amour: The Adventures of a Gentleman in Sea... more »rch Of Pleasure--lewd short stories, scandalous gossip of the day, letters from lusty readers, and licentious limericks and naughty jokes. In essence this book is full, i must tell you, on every page of sex, and it is not for those who blush!« less