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

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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

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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.[1][2][3]

Novel series

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Title Release Notes Ref
Fifty Shades of Grey 2011 [4]
Fifty Shades Darker 2012 [5]
Fifty Shades Freed 2012 [6]
Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian 2015 [7]
Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian 2017 [8]
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".[9]

Film series

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Title Release Notes Ref
Fifty Shades of Grey 2015 [10]
Fifty Shades Darker 2017 [11]
Fifty Shades Freed 2018 [12]

References

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  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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