Fanny Hill - or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Paperback, Reprint with revised Select Bibliography)

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, commonly known as Fanny Hill, has been shrouded in mystery and controversy since John Cleland completed it in 1749.

The Bishop of London called the work 'an open insult upon Religion and good manners' and James Boswell referred to it as 'a most licentious and inflaming book'.

The story of a prostitute's rise to respectability, it has been recognized more recently as a unique combination of parody, sensual entertainment and a philosophical concept of sexuality borrowed from French libertine novels. Modern readers will appreciate it not only as an important contribution to revolutionary thought in the Age of Enlightenment, but also as a thoroughly entertaining and important work of erotic fiction, deserving of a place in the history of the English novel beside Richardson, Fielding and Smollett.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Penguin Classics Series
Release date:	2001
First published:	1986
Authors:	John Cleland
Editors:	Peter Wagner
Dimensions:	199 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	233
Edition:	Reprint with revised Select Bibliography
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-043249-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > 16th to 18th century fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-14-043249-3
Barcode:	9780140432497

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