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John Cleland's Memoirs of a woman of pleasure by with an introd. for modern readers by Peter Quennell is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is John Cleland's Memoirs of a woman of pleasure about?

Memoirs of Fanny Hill was written in debtor's prison in 1784 and was the first modern erotic novel in English. A young woman, Fanny Hill, is forced by poverty to go into service, but is tricked into becoming a prostitute instead. She is then saved by her love, only to have his jealous father send him from the country some months later. She moves from one lover to the next, gaining maturity with each encounter, and nearing her...happy ending.

Author

with an introd. for modern readers by Peter Quennell

Publisher

New York: G.P. Putnam's sons

Published

1963

Language

EN

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Children'S, Humanities