| Memoirs of Fanny Hill Contributor(s): Cleland, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1673677541 ISBN-13: 9781673677546 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2019 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Lexile Measure: 1610 |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.34 lbs) 134 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure-popularly known as Fanny Hill (an anglicisation of the Latin mons veneris, mound of Venus) -is an erotic novel by English novelist John Cleland first published in London 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". It is one of the most prosecuted and banned books in history. The book exemplifies the use of euphemism. The text has no "dirty words" or explicit scientific terms for body parts, but uses many literary devices to describe genitalia. For example, the vagina is sometimes referred to as "the nethermouth," which is also an example of psychological displacement. |
