My Life And Loves

Frank Harris' autobiographical book My Life and Loves was released in four volumes. The book offers a thorough description of Harris's sexual encounters and love encounters throughout the course of his life beginning with his early years in Ireland and covering his time in the US and Europe. Each chapter of the book which is separated into sections examines a particular connection or experience. Harris describes his interactions with women from many walks of life including prostitutes actors and society ladies in a direct and sometimes graphic style. Harris also focuses on his personal and philosophical views throughout the book notably in regard to morality love and sex. He contends that having sexual desires is a normal and healthy element of being a person and that society's rigid moral and behavior norms often work to suppress and suffocate this component of our existence. Although the book was divisive when it was first published it is now recognized as a significant contribution to the study of human sexuality and the history of sexual liberation.