Memoirs of Fanny Hill

by John Cleland

Overview

Memoirs Of Fanny Hill is considered the first modern erotic novel. John Cleland was an 18th century English novelist most famous or infamous as the author of Fanny Hill: or the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. In 1748 Cleland was arrested for debt and placed in Fleet Prison. This is where he wrote Fanny Hill. In 1749 Cleland along with the publisher and printer were arrested. In court Cleland said that he wished the book could be burned. The book was withdrawn and it would be another 100 years before it was officially published. The plot involves a poor country girl who is forced to leave her home and go to a nearby town to earn her living. Fanny is forced to take up a succession of lovers in order to survive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781537824666
Publisher:	Charles River Editors
Publication date:	03/22/2018
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
Pages:	339
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

From the 1749 London text - the most banned book in history and the genesis of erotic novels.

About the Author
British writer John Cleland (1709 - 1789) was best known as the author of Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure.
He was the oldest son of the Scot William and Lucy Cleland and grew up in London, where his father was first an officer in the British Army. The family were wealthy and moved in the finest literary and artistic circles
He began as a soldier and worked his way up into the civil service and lived in Bombay from 1728 to 1740. He returned to London when his father was dying.
John Cleland was arrested over a sizable debt and committed to Fleet Prison for more than one year. During his prison term, Cleland finalised Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. He was released from prison and arrested again, along with the publishers and printer of Fanny Hill.
In court, Cleland disavowed the novel and said that he could only "wish, from my Soul," that the book be buried and forgotten.