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PR3348.C65 M45. 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 ...
Memoirs Of Fanny Hill by John Cleland A new and genuine edition from the original text (London, 1749). PARIS—ISIDORE LISEUX Of this Edition, privately printed, there are 350 numbered copies, of which this is number 111.
Fanny Hill, erotic novel by John Cleland, first published in two volumes in 1748–49 as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. An expurgated version published in 1750 chronicles the life of a London prostitute, describing with scatological and clinical precision many varieties of sexual behaviour.
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- Cleland, John, 1709-1789
- Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
- English
Feb 21, 2024 · Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, also known as Fanny Hill is a novel by John Cleland. Written in 1749 while Cleland was in debtor's prison in London, it is considered the first erotic novel, and has become a byword for the battle of censorship of erotica. Each volume consists of one letter written by Fanny Hill.
May 2, 2008 · About this eBook. Author. Cleland, John, 1709-1789. Title. Memoirs of Fanny Hill. A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) Language. English. LoC Class.
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A notorious classic. Fanny Hill's story, as she falls into prostitution and then rises to respectability, takes the form of a confession that is vividly coloured by copious and explicit, physiological details of her carnal adventures. Fanny Hill was first published by Cleland in 1748. The subject of immediate controversy (and an arrest), it ...
