Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Paperback / softback
by John Cleland
Edited by Peter Sabor
Part of the Oxford World's Classics series
Paperback / softback
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Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (commonly known as Fanny Hill), the most famous erotic novel in English, was denounced by its author as 'a Book I disdain to defend, and wish, from my soul, buried and forgot'.
Cleland's critics too condemned the 'infamous' and 'poisonous' novel when it first appeared in 1748-9.
But the proliferation of editions, adaptations, and translations since then bears witness not only to the popularity of scandalous novels, but also to the book's literary merit.
Recounted with a lively use of metaphor and some curiously moral asides, Fanny Hill's boisterous education as a London prostitute never quite effaces the ingenuous charm of her country upbringing, and her story places her among the great heroines of eighteenth-century literature.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:17/04/2008
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- ISBN:9780199540235
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:17/04/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199540235
