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John Cleland (c. 1709, baptised – 23 January 1789) was an English novelist best known for his fictional Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, whose eroticism led to his arrest. James Boswell called him "a sly, old malcontent".
John Cunningham Cleland (born 15 July 1952) is a retired British auto racing driver, best known for winning the British Touring Car Championship in 1989 and 1995. Born in Wishaw, Cleland raced autocross and hillclimb in the 1970s, and won his class in the Scottish Rally Championship in 1976 driving a Mitsubishi Colt.
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure—popularly known as Fanny Hill—is an erotic novel by the English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748. Written while the author was in debtors' prison in London, [1] [2] it is considered "the first original English prose pornography, and the first pornography to use the form of the novel". [3]
John Cleland. From an early focus on rallying and hill climbs, to a long and successful career in saloon car racing, predominantly with Vauxhall in the British Touring Car Championship, John Cleland has an interesting story to tell.
John Cleland (born 1709—died Jan. 23, 1789, London) was an English novelist, known as the author of the notorious Fanny Hill; or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure.
John Cleland is among the most scandalous figures in British literary history, both celebrated and attacked as a pioneer of pornographic writing in English. His first novel, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, or Fanny Hill, is one of the enduring literary creations of the eighteenth century, despite over two hundred years of legal prohibition.
John Cleland started in rallying and hill climbs and went on to a long career in saloon car racing, predominantly with Vauxhall. Two British Touring Car Championship titles, two Thundersaloon championships and some close run, down to the wire disappointments, near misses, incidents and controversy have made John Cleland a household name in ...
Dec 16, 2021 · Enjoy a look back at the career of BTCC star John Cleland, the racer and car dealer who took ‘win on Sunday, sell on Monday’ literally
Jun 23, 2020 · Virtual Lunch With John Cleland. He has beaten ex-Formula 1 stars and Le Mans winners alike, without ever deviating from his roots as a car dealer in the Scottish Borders. John Cleland reminisces with Simon Arron. Author.
Nov 4, 2007 · Profile of author John Cleland, whose novel Fanny Hill – Memoirs of an 18th Century Prostitute is one of the most notorious books in British literary history.
