Paul Verdayne, young, fresh and foolish, falls in love with a sultry, married woman who inflames his passion and sexual desires. She invites Paul to the luxury suite of her Swiss hotel where they indulge their sins, making love on a tiger skin rug. Thus begins Paul's sexual awakening and lifelong obsession. Banned for obscenity and condemned by religious leaders, this brilliantly written novel by author Elinor Glyn later became a cinematic masterpiece and template for steamy, erotic, bodice-ripping, romance novels.