Fanny Hill
or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
$20.87
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2001
Summary
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 p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375758089 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0375758089 |
| Author: | John Cleland, Gary Gautier |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 2001st |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2001 |
| Weight: | 221g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 133mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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“A rare achievement … a ray of sunshine in the gloomy world of lust.” –Erica Jong
“A rare achievement … a ray of sunshine in the gloomy world of lust.”–Erica Jong
About The Author
John Cleland
Gary Gautier is a professor at the University of Colorado and the author of the book Landed Patriarchy in Fielding’s Novels- Fictional Landscapes, Fictional Genders.
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