Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
by Cleland, John
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Luxor Press, London, Deluxe edition. Hardcover. Fine. Written in 1749. It was a huge success. The publisher's preface contains a brief biography of Cleland and a brief accounting of the dismissal of a NY lawsuit to have the book banned for obscenity in 1963.
Synopsis
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, popularly known as Fanny Hill, is a novel by John Cleland. Written in 1748 while the author was in 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.
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- Title
- Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
- Author
- Cleland, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Luxor Press, London
- Date Published
- Deluxe edition
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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