Fifty Shades of Grey [ F O R EWO R D ]
You. Are. Mine...
The three words that took our collective breath away were spoken by Christian Grey, the charismatic character that intrigued and seduced not just Anastasia Steele, but readers all over the world. Christian’s possessive and insatiable passion for smart, yet inexperienced Ana in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy soared into our social consciousness and set the publishing industry on fire. The trilogy of Fifty Shades of Grey , created and authored by E.L. James, is recognized and lauded as a global cultural phenomenon. The books have been published in fifty-two countries, and to date over 125 million books
have been sold. The bestseller literally saved jobs in paper mills about to close because of the insatiable demand for the printed books. Bringing in over $570 million at the box office, the film version of the first book was a worldwide hit and the following two films are anticipated to echo that success. The trailer for Fifty Shades Darker premiered in September 2016 and, with over 114 million views, broke the record for the most views in the first 24 hours 1 . So what kind of woman boldly changes the face of publishing and the market for female fan-driven films? It takes a
1 Entertainment Weekly, www.ew.com, Samantha Highfill
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