She stumbles through the interview and believes it went poorly. Ana finds the 27-year-old Christian both attractive and intimidating. Due to an illness, Kate is unable to interview Christian Grey, a successful and wealthy Seattle entrepreneur. Her best friend, Katherine "Kate" Kavanagh, writes for the college newspaper. Twenty-one-year-old Anastasia "Ana" Steele is an English literature major at the Washington State University's branch campus in Vancouver, Washington. A version of the novel from Christian's point of view, Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian, was published in June 2015 as the fourth book, followed by Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian in November 2017 and Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian in June 2021.
The trilogy had sold over 150 million copies worldwide by October 2017. The second and third volumes of the original trilogy, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, were published in 2012.
Universal Pictures and Focus Features produced an American film adaptation, which was released on 13 February 2015, and was also panned upon release, though it was a box office success. Critical reception of the book, however, has tended towards the negative, with the quality of its prose generally seen as poor, while its portrayal of BDSM has been targeted for criticism from a variety of perspectives. It has been translated into 52 languages and set a record in the United Kingdom as the fastest-selling paperback of all time. Originally self-published as an ebook and print-on-demand in June 2011, the publishing rights to the novel were acquired by Vintage Books in March 2012.įifty Shades of Grey has topped best-seller lists around the world. It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving BDSM ( bondage/ discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism). It became the first instalment in the Fifty Shades novel series that follows the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E.
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