Fanny Hill: With Illustrations

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Jun 22, 2009 - Fiction - 136 pages
John Cleland is said to have "misapplied considerable talents" in writing his scandalous 1749 novel, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, or; Fanny Hill. Nevertheless, the book has near-constantly remained in print, even where declared criminal, till finally being recognized as a classic of 18th century literature. It's known to have sold for as much as $40 for a new printing in 1863 -- several hundred dollars in today's money.Fanny Hill, age 15, is orphaned by a smallpox outbreak and forced to fend for herself. She narrowly escapes selling her virginity in a brothel after being tricked into taking a job there, and soon loses her beloved to the machinations of his wicked father. What, then, is left for Fanny to do?The text of this edition is copied from a famous French printing, and illustrated with several charming black-and-white illustrations.

About the author (2009)

John Cleland (1709? - 1789) was an English novelist most famous and infamous as the author of Fanny Hill; or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. He was the oldest son of William Cleland (1673/4 - 1741) and Lucy Cleland. He was born in Kingston upon Thames in Surrey but grew up in London, where his father was first an officer in the British Army and then a civil servant. William Cleland was a friend to Alexander Pope, and Lucy Cleland was a friend or acquaintance of both Pope, Viscount Bolingbroke, Chesterfield, and Horace Walpole. The family possessed good finances and moved among the finest literary and artistic circles of London.

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TitleFanny Hill: With Illustrations
AuthorJohn Cleland
Illustrated byTalia Felix
Editionillustrated
PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009
ISBN1448607272, 9781448607273
Length136 pages
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Fiction / Erotica / General
  
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