Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
by:
John Cleland (author)
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, better known as Fanny Hill, is one of the most notorious texts in English literature. As recently as 1963 an unexpurgated edition was the subject of a trial, yet in the eighteenth century John Cleland's open celebration of sexual enjoyment was a best selling novel....
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Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, better known as Fanny Hill, is one of the most notorious texts in English literature. As recently as 1963 an unexpurgated edition was the subject of a trial, yet in the eighteenth century John Cleland's open celebration of sexual enjoyment was a best selling novel. Fanny'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. The moral outrage that this has always provoked has only recently been countered by serious critical appraisal.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781840224177 (1840224177)
Publish date: 2000
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Limited
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Erotica,
Banned Books,
Sexuality,
18th Century
The audiobook of this one I read is available for free at LibriVox. This book wasn't quite as bad as I expected it to be, but I'm still stuck on the idea that this book was published in the 1700s. I can see why it's a banned book, but I have read more graphic books than this. Although that isn'...
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I read this when I was 12 years old. My mom had it hidden in the top of her closet, which is where she put all the books I wasn't supposed to read. So, of course, every chance I got I would get into her closet and read anything I found on the top shelf! I might not have understood it all, but it ...
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