John Cleland Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch D. H. Lawrence
Over a century before 50 Shades of Grey, novels of feminine passions had been setting the stage and bending the morals laws which made erotica novels possible.
Fanny Hill is an erotic novel by English novelist John Cleland. One of the most prosecuted and banned books in history, it has become a synonym for obscenity.
Venus in Furs is a novella by the Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and the best known of his works. The novel draws themes, like female dominance and sadomasochism, and character inspiration heavily from Sacher-Masochs own life.
Lady Chatterleys Lover is a novel by...
Over a century before 50 Shades of Grey, novels of feminine passions had been setting the stage and bending the morals laws which made erotica novels ...
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...
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 ...
Also known as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Fanny Hill by John Cleland is largely considered to be the first erotic novel ever published in the English language. The story follows Frances "Fanny" Hill when she moves to London and begins a descent into sexual depravity. While lewd and obscene, the book is also a classic, giving an excellent look into Eighteen Century Britain as well as the evolution of female sexuality. The subject matter may be tough, but it has been adapted countless times due to, not only its interesting story, but the larger themes surrounding personality, morality and...
Also known as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Fanny Hill by John Cleland is largely considered to be the first erotic novel ever published in the Engl...
""One of the most prosecuted and banned books in history, it has become a synonym for obscenity""
*Special illustrated edition contains 14 illustrations by William Hogarth (1697 - 1764). The plate prints from his series of paintings "The Harlot's Progress" and "The Rake's Progress" perfectly capture the excess and resulting moral decline of mid 17th Century England as classes rich and poor fell to vice and drink, perfectly completing John Cleland's work, herein presented index hyper-linked for ease of reference and viewing pleasure within the table of contents.
"Memoirs of a Woman of...
""One of the most prosecuted and banned books in history, it has become a synonym for obscenity""
This is a scholarly edition addressing different expectations of the readership, by including both the original text and an updated version. In the former, today's readers can follow the unadulterated voice of the narrator, Fanny Hill, with all the lexical and grammatical blunders of a "country girl." In the latter, the spelling and the punctuation have been corrected, but strictly according to eighteenth-century standards, so that nothing of the tone and flavour of the original text is lost. This is the most extensively annotated edition of Cleland's novel with over 300 explanatory notes.
This is a scholarly edition addressing different expectations of the readership, by including both the original text and an updated version. In the fo...
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, popularly known as Fanny Hill, is a novel by John Cleland. Written in 1748 while Cleland 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.
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, popularly known as Fanny Hill, is a novel by John Cleland. Written in 1748 while Cleland was in debtor's prison in Lon...
Fanny Hill is the book of immorality rewarded. Letters of Fanny Hill, despite their extreme licentiousness, are a series of prints which, like the compositions of William Hogarth, paint a perfect picture of English manners of the eighteenth century. Life is present with an undeniable truth accent. The London of that time offered the amateur women all the resources he could desire: more villainous taverns to the most sumptuous "harems." In a preface to the Memoirs of Fanny Hill (1914 edition), Guillaume Apollinaire says it is "the English sister Manon Lescaut, but less unhappy." To the...
Fanny Hill is the book of immorality rewarded. Letters of Fanny Hill, despite their extreme licentiousness, are a series of prints which, like the com...
First published in London in 1748, this erotic novel by English novelist John Cleland was 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.
First published in London in 1748, this erotic novel by English novelist John Cleland was written while the author was in debtors' prison in London, i...
