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Adult erotic romance franchise by E. L. James For the first book, see Fifty Shades of Grey.

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Fifty Shades is an adult erotic BDSM romance franchise created by British writer E. L. James. It originated as a fanfic for the young-adult teen romance novel series Twilight by American author Stephenie Meyer. That story was turned into a full-length novel titled Fifty Shades of Grey. It has produced a novel series with an original novel trilogy and two follow-up novels, as well as a film trilogy.

Plot summary

Anastasia Steele, a young college graduate, meets Christian Grey, a young business mogul, and becomes his submissive partner. The series explores the development of their relationship.

Original fan fiction

Main article: Master of the Universe (Twilight)

The Fifty Shades novel trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed) was originally written as a fan fiction work in the Twilight fictional universe. It was originally called Master of the Universe and written as Snowdragons Icequeen.

Novel series

Main article: Fifty Shades (novel series)
Title Release Notes Ref
Fifty Shades of Grey 2011
Fifty Shades Darker 2012
Fifty Shades Freed 2012
Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian 2015
Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian 2017
Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian 2021

The original trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed, have been published as an omnibus edition called the "Fifty Shades Trilogy".

Film series

Main article: Fifty Shades (film series)
Title Release Notes Ref
Fifty Shades of Grey 2015
Fifty Shades Darker 2017
Fifty Shades Freed 2018

References

  1. "It wasn't always 50 shades". 22 things you don't know about "Fifty Shades of Grey". CBS News. p. 16.
  2. Jason Boog (21 November 2012). "The Lost History of Fifty Shades of Grey". AdWeek.
  3. E.L. James; Snowdragon's Icequeen (2009). Master of the Universe.
  4. E.L. James (2011). Fifty Shades of Grey.
  5. E.L. James (2012). Fifty Shades Darker.
  6. E.L. James (2012). Fifty Shades Freed. ISBN 9780345803504.
  7. E.L. James (2015). Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian. Random House. ISBN 9781784753252.
  8. E.L. James (2017). Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian.
  9. E.L. James (2014). Fifty Shades Trilogy.
  10. Fifty Shades of Grey. 2015.
  11. Fifty Shades Darker. 2017.
  12. Fifty Shades Freed. 2018.

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