Fanny Hill, shrouded in controversy for most of its more than 250-year life, and banned from publication in the United States until 1966, was once considered immoral and without literary merit, even earning its author a jail sentence for obscenity. The tale of a naive young prostitute in bawdy eighteenth-century London who slowly rises to respectability, the novel-and its popularity-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.

First published in England in 1748. Written while the author was in debtors prison in London, it is considered "the first original English prose pornography, and the first pornography to use the form of the novel." One of the most prosecuted and banned books in history, it has become a synonym for obscenity.

I sit down to give you an undeniable proof of my considering your desires as indispensable orders. Ungracious then as the task may be, I shall recall to view those scandalous stages of my life, out of which I emerged, at length, to the enjoyment of every blessing in the power of love, health and fortune to bestow; whilst yet in the flower of youth, and not too late to employ the leisure afforded me by great ease and affluence, to cultivate an understanding, naturally not a despicable one, and which had, even amidst the whirl of loose pleasures I had been tossed in, exerted more observation on...

Illustrated with 32 contemporary pictures to enhance this classic work The first in the new Absolutely Amazing Erotic Classics series, The Memoirs of Fanny Hill is considered "the first original English prose pornography," although the US Supreme Court has upheld that it is not obscene despite its overt sexuality. To further enhance your enjoyment of this erotic classic, this special edition has been enhanced with more than two-dozen photographic illustrations - some a tad risque. Both installments of Fanny Hill (originally published separately) are included her. RECOMMENDED FOR MATURE...

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