Walking back to the car, Ana asks whether Christian has a girlfriend, and he makes clear he doesn’t do romance. On that outing, he asks whether José or Paul Clayton, who was at the hardware store, are her boyfriends. Kate, Ana, and Ana’s photographer friend José Gonzales meet Christian to take the photographs. Ana notes that Kate would like to get photos of him for the article, and he agrees to a photo shoot at the Heathman Hotel, where he’s staying. He says he’s in the area for business and needs some things, including cable ties, masking tape, and rope. After the interview, she is preoccupied with thoughts of him, and although she doesn’t expect to hear from him again, he shows up one day at Clayton’s, the hardware store where she works in Portland, Oregon. Ana is conducting the interview in lieu of her friend and roommate Katherine “Kate” Kavanaugh, who arranged the interview for the school newspaper but can’t attend because she is sick with the flu.Īna finds Christian attractive but also intimidating and arrogant.

The story begins as Ana travels to Seattle, Washington, to interview 27-year-old Christian Grey, the mysterious CEO of Grey Industries. Additionally, the source references a past sexual relationship between an adult and a minor.Īnastasia “Ana” Steele is a 21-year-old English Literature major at the University of Washington, Vancouver. Fifty Shades of Grey is the first in the Fifty Shades series, which also includes Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed.Ĭontent Warning: The source text depicts sexual behavior that many readers have interpreted as abusive. Fifty Shades of Grey is considered an example of viral marketing, and it renewed interest in erotic literature among readers and publishers. In 2015, Focus Features, Michael De Luca Productions, and Trigger Street Productions produced the film adaptation.

The book has been translated into 52 languages.

Since then, the book has sold over 150 million copies worldwide, topping best-sellers lists, especially in the United States and the UK.

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