Fifty Shades (novel series) 2015, director Sam Taylor-Johnson confirmed two sequels to be succeeded after the first film, with "Fifty Shades Darker" to be released February 10, 2017. Fifty Shades (novel series) Fifty Shades is a series of erotic novels by E. L. James. Initially a trilogy consisting of "Fifty Shades of Grey" (2011), "Fifty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Shades Freed" (2012), the series traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business man, Christian Grey. Grey introduces Ana to the world of BDSM. James has spoken of her shock at the success of the book, "The explosion of
Bondage (BDSM) such as handcuffs or collars and concepts such as the safeword were included as a matter of course. "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" was an erotic trilogy published in the 1980s by Anne Rice which contained bondage scenarios, as part of a wide range of BDSM acts. Other examples of bondage erotica include Pauline Réage's "Story of O", Frank E. Campbell's books and the artwork of Robert Bishop. The "Fifty Shades" trilogy by E.L. James was first published in ebook in 2011 and subsequently went on to become a bestseller. The print edition of the first book, "Fifty Shades of