Editing Story of O (section)

== Legacy ==
[[Emmanuelle Arsan]] claimed the ''Story of O'' inspired her to write her own erotic novel ''[[Emmanuelle (novel)|Emmanuelle]]'' (1967).<ref name="ad">
{{cite book
|last=Destais
|first=Alexandra
|chapter=Réage, Pauline
|title=The Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature
|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaerot00brul_126
|url-access=limited
|editor1-link=Gaétan Brulotte
|editor1-first=Gaétan
|editor1-last=Brulotte
|editor2-link=John Philips
|editor2-first=John
|editor2-last=Philips
|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaerot00brul_126/page/n1122 1080]–1086
|location=London
|publisher=Routledge
|year=2006
|isbn=978-1-57958-441-2
}}</ref>

A sequel to ''Story of O'', ''Retour à Roissy'' (''[[Return to Roissy]],'' but often translated as ''Return to the Chateau'', ''Continuing the Story of O''), was published in 1969 in French, again with Jean-Jacques Pauvert, ''éditeur''. It was published again in English by Grove Press, Inc., in 1971. It is not known whether this work is by the same author as the original.

The town [[Samois-sur-Seine]] is mentioned in ''Story of O'' as  the location of the fictional mansion managed by Anne-Marie, a [[lesbian]] [[dominatrix]]. In 1978, the name [[Samois]] was adopted by a [[lesbian]]-[[feminist]] [[BDSM]] organization based in [[San Francisco]] that existed from 1978 to 1983. It was the first lesbian BDSM group in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jeffreys|first=Sheila|author-link=Sheila Jeffreys|title=The Lesbian Heresy|year=1993|publisher=Spinifex|location=North Melbourne, Vic., Australia|isbn=978-1-875559-17-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FFWxDu9gn0C&q=samois+%22first+lesbian+s%2Fm%22&pg=PA130|page=130}}</ref>

In 2007, the [[National Leather Association International]] inaugurated awards for excellence in SM/fetish/leather writing. The categories include the Pauline Reage (a pen name of [[Anne Desclos]], author of ''Story of O'') award for fiction novel.<ref name="Bedell"/><ref name="nla2">{{cite web|title=NLA-I Accepting Nominations for Writing Awards|url=http://www.chicagoden.net/2012/12/13/nla-i-accepting-nominations-for-writing-awards/|publisher=Chicago Den - The Midwest's Fetish Newspaper|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-date=13 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413163844/http://www.chicagoden.net/2012/12/13/nla-i-accepting-nominations-for-writing-awards/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2020, Anne Desclos was inducted into the Leather Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leatherhalloffame.com/index.php/inductees.html |title=> Inductees |publisher=Leatherhalloffame.com |access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref>