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Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1749) is an
erotic novel and early work of pornography by English author John
Cleland. Written while Cleland was in prison, the novel was both
successful and controversial, banned from publication but widely
distributed in pirated and heavily edited copies. Fanny Hill: or,
the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure was the subject of numerous
court cases, including a prominent United States Supreme Court
decision in 1966 which found that the book did not violate
obscenity laws. Using extensive euphemism, Cleland's novel is the
story of Frances "Fanny" Hill. Narrated in two letters to a friend
known only as "Madam," the book traces Fanny's early life as an
orphan-turned-prostitute. After the death of her parents from
smallpox, Fanny moves from Lancashire to London to work at a
brothel, where she witnesses and participates in numerous sexual
acts with women and men of all ages. When her lover Charles is sent
abroad, Fanny becomes the mistress of a wealthy merchant who later
abandons her. While earning a living working for wealthy clients in
a high-end brothel, Fanny witnesses wilder and increasingly
dangerous sexual encounters, eventually retiring to a life as the
lover of an older intellectual. Recognized as an early and
controversial pornographic novel, Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a
Woman of Pleasure is important for its groundbreaking depictions of
queer sex and fetish and continues to be read and studied to this
day. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of John Cleland's Fanny Hill: or, the
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure is a classic of pornographic and
erotic literature reimagined for modern readers.
In April de Angelis's hilarious makeover of the bedside "classic"
prostitute Fanny sacks her (male) biographer and tells it like it
REALLY was - with the aid of two foul-mouthed, fellow sex workers,
a stuffed sock and a cello.
Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1749) is an
erotic novel and early work of pornography by English author John
Cleland. Written while Cleland was in prison, the novel was both
successful and controversial, banned from publication but widely
distributed in pirated and heavily edited copies. Fanny Hill: or,
the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure was the subject of numerous
court cases, including a prominent United States Supreme Court
decision in 1966 which found that the book did not violate
obscenity laws. Using extensive euphemism, Cleland's novel is the
story of Frances "Fanny" Hill. Narrated in two letters to a friend
known only as "Madam," the book traces Fanny's early life as an
orphan-turned-prostitute. After the death of her parents from
smallpox, Fanny moves from Lancashire to London to work at a
brothel, where she witnesses and participates in numerous sexual
acts with women and men of all ages. When her lover Charles is sent
abroad, Fanny becomes the mistress of a wealthy merchant who later
abandons her. While earning a living working for wealthy clients in
a high-end brothel, Fanny witnesses wilder and increasingly
dangerous sexual encounters, eventually retiring to a life as the
lover of an older intellectual. Recognized as an early and
controversial pornographic novel, Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a
Woman of Pleasure is important for its groundbreaking depictions of
queer sex and fetish and continues to be read and studied to this
day. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of John Cleland's Fanny Hill: or, the
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure is a classic of pornographic and
erotic literature reimagined for modern readers.
Based on the findings of a research project conducted by the World Health Organisation, this book contains unpublished material on AIDS-related knowledge and sexual behaviour in countries in Africa, Asia and South America, including: Cote d'Ivoire; Kenya; Lesotho; Mauritius; Tanzania; Sri Lanka; Singapore; Thailand and Brazil. The book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the findings from 16 key surveys in the original research programme, the aim of which was to identify baseline levels of sexual and other risk behaviours. The text is intended to be of use to a wide range of readers, including those working in health education, social and behavioural research, anthropology, social medicine and sexual behaviour research.
Based on the findings of a research project conducted by the World
Health Organisation, this book contains unpublished material on
AIDS-related knowledge and sexual behaviour in countries in Africa,
Asia and South America, including: Cote d'Ivoire; Kenya; Lesotho;
Mauritius; Tanzania; Sri Lanka; Singapore; Thailand; and Brazil.
The book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the findings
from 16 key surveys in the original research programme, the aim of
which was to identify baseline levels of sexual and other risk
behaviours. The text is intended to be of use to a wide range of
readers, including those working in health education, social and
behavioural research, anthropology, social medicine and sexual
behaviour research.
Forced by the death of her parents to seek her fortune in London,
Fanny Hill is duped into prostitution by an old procuress. In Mrs
Brown's bawdy-house the naive young woman begins her sexual
initiation and soon embarks on her own path in pursuit of pleasure,
until she at last finds true love.
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Fanny Hill
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John Cleland
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Fanny Hill scandalised thousands of Victorians with its vivid
descriptions of sexual pleasure, and landed its author in court a
year after publication on charges of corrupting the King's subjects
. This only heightened its allure and today it is still hugely
appreciated as a work of true erotic and literary merit.
What s a penniless country girl to do in the big city?
Fanny Hill is a blushing country maiden until tragic
circumstances force her to seek a new life in London. She is taken
in by the motherly Mrs Brown, but on her first night she receives a
rather unorthodox welcome from one of the young ladies in the house
and swiftly gains a much more explicit idea of what is expected in
her new role. Fanny takes to carnal pleasures with gusto, and she
vividly recalls each lusty encounter, every thrusting conquest, in
her saucy, voyeuristic and thoroughly irresistible memoirs."
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.
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