Fanny Hill: Or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure - Paperback
by John Cleland
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Availability:In StockContributor:John Cleland, Peter Wagner (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1/7/1986Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140432497ISBN-10:140432493UPC:9780140432497Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Erotica, WomenSize:7.73 x 5.10 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.3395Product ID:SCJGJ53ZDR
Fanny Hill: Or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
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...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140432497ISBN-10:140432493UPC:9780140432497Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Erotica, WomenSize:7.73 x 5.10 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.3395Product ID:SCJGJ53ZDR
John Cleland was born in 1710, eldest son of William Cleland, an officer and friend of the Pope. For a while hoe worked for the East India Company, rising from soldiers to businessman to secretary of the Bombay Council, though he returned to London in 1741. He then became a literary hack and journalist and was imprisoned for debt on several occasions, and on one such occasion used the time to...
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