Universal Pictures and Focus Features produced a film adaptation, which was released on 13 February 2015 and also received generally unfavorable reviews.Īnastasia “Ana” Steele is a 21-year-old college senior attending Washington State University in Vancouver, Washington. Critical reception of the book, however, has tended toward the negative, with the quality of its prose generally seen as poor. The series has sold over 100 million copies worldwide and been translated into 52 languages, and set a record in the United Kingdom as the fastest-selling paperback of all time. Fifty Shades of Grey has topped best-seller lists around the world, including those of the United Kingdom and the United States. The second and third volumes, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, were published in 2012. Originally self-published as an ebook and a print-on-demand, publishing rights were acquired by Vintage Books in March 2012. It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism (BDSM).

It is the first installment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E.