Memoirs of Fanny Hill by John Cleland

"Memoirs of Fanny Hill" by John Cleland is an erotic novel first published in 1748-1749. Written while Cleland was imprisoned for debt in London, it is considered the first original English prose pornography to use the novel form. The work became one of history's most prosecuted and banned books, sparking landmark obscenity trials in both Britain and America that continued into the 1960s. Notable for its elaborate euphemisms and literary devices, the novel avoids explicit terminology while depicting sexual content through creative language. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Cleland, John, 1709-1789
Title Memoirs of Fanny Hill
A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749)
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Hill
Reading Level Reading ease score: 35.8 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject England -- Fiction
Subject Prostitutes -- Fiction
Subject Erotic fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 25305
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Mar 27, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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