Sexually frustrated characters in novels

[spiltteeth]

What novels have sexually frustrated folks in them, or people who are tortured by lust ? Lolita, I know. What else ?

[Clovis]

I don't know about frustrations and all that, but as far as long yearnings and eventual disenchantment, Of Human Bondage pops to mind.

[cacian]

sons and lovers by DH lawrence.
lady's chatterleys' lover DH Lawrence

[SkyCetacean]

Lemme think...

1984 comes to mind. The oppressive state policy on sexuality leaves much to be desired from the main character and so he is pretty sexually frustrated for a lot of the book. I don't know if it's the main theme of the book or anything, but it's something to start with I guess.

[jweyek]

Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis by Kafka must be sexually frustrated. He's an young adult. He has a crappy job. He lives with his parents. He turns into a cockroach.

I'm sexually frustrated, but at least I'm more attractive than a cockroach. At least I think I am more attractive than a cockroach.

I know that The Metamorphosis is not a novel, but a long short story. I read it when I was Gregor Samsa's age, and I was at the time a sexually frustrated young man who lived with his parents. I guess I projected my situation onto Gregor. He ain't gettin' no pussy is what I was thinking, and neither was I .

[Scheherazade]

Engleby by Sebastian Faulks

The Collector by John Fowles

[TheFifthElement]

The Collector by John Fowles

Definitely The Collector (such an excellent book too). Also The Fermata by Nicholson Baker (also an excellent book!).

[Volya]

I think in the Catcher in the Rye, the main character is very sexually frustrated/confused.

[kelby_lake]

Pretty much every DH Lawrence novel.

[spiltteeth]

I also thought of The Sin Also Rises and, tho not explicit, Hunger.