Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A new and genuine edition from the original text (London, 1749) - Couverture souple

Cleland, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1983553549 ISBN 13 : 9781983553547

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

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Memoirs of Fanny Hill

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure

By John Cleland

A new and genuine edition from the original text (London, 1749)

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, also known as Fanny Hill, is a novel by John Cleland. Written in 1748 while Cleland was in debtor's prison in London, it is considered the first modern "erotic novel" in English, and has become a byword for the battle of censorship of erotica.

I sit down to give you an undeniable proof of my considering your desires as indispensable orders. Ungracious then as the task may be, I shall recall to view those scandalous stages of my life, out of which I emerged, at length, to the enjoyment of every blessing in the power of love, health and fortune to bestow; whilst yet in the flower of youth, and not too late to employ the leisure afforded me by great ease and affluence, to cultivate an understanding, naturally not a despicable one, and which had, even amidst the whirl of loose pleasures I had been tossed in, exerted more observation on the characters and manners of the world than what is common to those of my unhappy profession, who, looking on all though or reflection as their capital enemy, keep it at as great a distance as they can, or destroy it without mercy.

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John Cleland

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1983553549
• ISBN 13: 9781983553547
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 112