Often referred to as the French Fanny Hill, Louis-Charles Fougeret de Montbron's The Amorous Adventures of Margot recounts the social rise of a young middle-class mending girl to high-society debutante, Margot using her wantonly wiles to advance her standing in a variety of sordid scenes.

In the company of lords, madams, a troop of soldiers, financiers, and clergy, our young protagonist will experience ravishment beyond measure, awakening within her a libidinous desire to be thus dominated.

Written in 1750 and later translated into English by the notorious...