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Fanny Hill, or, Memoirs of a woman of pleasure

"Fanny Hill; or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, is a novel by John Cleland (1709-1789). Written in 1748 while Cleland was in a 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. The novel was published in two instalments, on November 21, 1748 and February of 1749. Initially, there was no governmental reaction to the novel, and it was only in November 1749, a year after the first installment was published, that Cleland and his publisher were arrested and charged with 'corrupting the King's subjects.' In court, Cleland renounced the novel and it was officially withdrawn. However, as the book became popular, pirate editions appeared. In particular, an episode was interpolated into the book depicting homosexuality between men, which Fanny observes through a chink in the wall. Cleland published an expurgated version of the book in March 1750, but was nevertheless prosecuted for that, too, although the charges were subsequently dropped."--Book description provided by the publisher.

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  • "Мемуары женщины для утех"
  • "Memuary zhenshchiny dli︠a︡ utekh"
  • "Memoirs of a woman of pleasure"
  • "Memoirs of a woman of pleasure"@en
  • "Fanny Hill"
  • "Fanny Hill"@en
  • "Yomanah shel naʻarah taʼaṿtanit"

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  • "First published in London in 1749, the story of a country orphan's initiation into the urban world of prostitution offers a remarkably frank portrait of sexual awakening of a young girl and the society around her."
  • ""Fanny Hill; or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, is a novel by John Cleland (1709-1789). Written in 1748 while Cleland was in a 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. The novel was published in two instalments, on November 21, 1748 and February of 1749. Initially, there was no governmental reaction to the novel, and it was only in November 1749, a year after the first installment was published, that Cleland and his publisher were arrested and charged with 'corrupting the King's subjects.' In court, Cleland renounced the novel and it was officially withdrawn. However, as the book became popular, pirate editions appeared. In particular, an episode was interpolated into the book depicting homosexuality between men, which Fanny observes through a chink in the wall. Cleland published an expurgated version of the book in March 1750, but was nevertheless prosecuted for that, too, although the charges were subsequently dropped."--Book description provided by the publisher."@en
  • ""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"--Page 4 of cover."
  • "The tale of a naive young prostitute in bawdy eighteenth-century London who slowy rises to respectability, the novel-and its poularity-endured many bannings and critics, and today Fanny Hill is considered an important piece of political parody and sexual philosophy on par with French libertine novels. This uncensored version is set from the 1749 edition and includes commentary by Charles Rembar, the lawyer who defended the novel in the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case, and newly commissioned notes."
  • "The tale of a naive young prostitute in bawdy eighteenth-century London who slowy rises to respectability, the novel-and its poularity-endured many bannings and critics, and today Fanny Hill is considered an important piece of political parody and sexual philosophy on par with French libertine novels. This uncensored version is set from the 1749 edition and includes commentary by Charles Rembar, the lawyer who defended the novel in the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case, and newly commissioned notes."@en

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "Erotic stories"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Erotic stories"@en
  • "History"
  • "Erotic fiction"
  • "Erotic fiction"@en

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  • "Fanny Hill, or, Memoirs of a woman of pleasure"
  • "Fanny Hill, or, Memoirs of a woman of pleasure"@en
  • "Fanny Hill or memoirs of a woman of pleasure"
  • "Fanny Hill or, memoirs of a woman of pleasure"
  • "Fani Hil : yomanah shel naʻarah taʼaṿtanit"
  • "Fanny Hill : or, the memoirs of a woman of pleasure"
  • "Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of woman of pleasure"
  • "Fanny Hill"
  • "Fanny Hill : or memoirs of a woman of pleasure"
  • "Fanny Hill : or, memoirs of a woman of pleasure"
  • "Fanny Hill : or, memoirs of a woman of pleasure"@en
  • "Fanny Hill : or, Memoirs of a woman of pleasure"@en
  • "Fanni Khill, memuary zhenshchiny dli︠a︡ utekh"
  • "Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a woman of pleasure"
  • "Фанни Хилл, мемуары женщины для утех"

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