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Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland (1709 - 1789)Author: LibriVox
Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1749) was the first widely-read English novel in the genre Erotica. It was written by John Cleland as he was serving hard time at a debtors prison in London. Over the centuries, the novel has been repeatedly banned by authorities, assuring its preeminent role in the history of the ongoing struggle against censorship of free expression.Until Fanny Hill, previous heroines had conducted their amorous liaisons off-stage. Any erotic misadventures were described euphemistically. As women who had gone astray, they always repented, which made even their most outrageous dalliances somehow suitable for a moralistic readership. The protagonist of Fanny Hill, however, never repented a single moment of her sexual exploits quite the contrary! And with Fanny, the devil is in the details, realistically described. (Summary by Denny Mike) Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Wednesday, 31 December, 1969
