Memoirs of Fanny Hill

Memoirs of Fanny Hill
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Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433045280553
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Book Synopsis Memoirs of Fanny Hill by : John Cleland

Download or read book Memoirs of Fanny Hill written by John Cleland and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fanny Hill in Bombay

Fanny Hill in Bombay
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 327
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ISBN-10 : 9781421404905
ISBN-13 : 1421404907
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Book Synopsis Fanny Hill in Bombay by : Hal Gladfelder

Download or read book Fanny Hill in Bombay written by Hal Gladfelder and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Cleland is among the most scandalous figures in British literary history, both celebrated and attacked as a pioneer of pornographic writing in English. His first novel, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, or Fanny Hill, is one of the enduring literary creations of the eighteenth century, despite over two hundred years of legal prohibition. Yet the full range of his work is still too little known. In this study, Hal Gladfelder combines groundbreaking archival research into Cleland’s tumultuous life with incisive readings of his sometimes extravagant, sometimes perverse body of work, positioning him as a central figure in the development of the novel and in the construction of modern notions of authorial and sexual identity in eighteenth-century England. Rather than a traditional biography, Fanny Hill in Bombay presents a case history of a renegade authorial persona, based on published works, letters, private notes, and newly discovered legal testimony. It retraces Cleland’s career from his years as a young colonial striver with the East India Company in Bombay through periods of imprisonment for debt and of estrangement from collaborators and family, shedding light on his paradoxical status as literary insider and social outcast. As novelist, critic, journalist, and translator, Cleland engaged with the most challenging intellectual currents of his era yet at the same time was vilified as a pornographer, atheist, and sodomite. Reconnecting Cleland’s writing to its literary and social milieu, this study offers new insights into the history of authorship and the literary marketplace and contributes to contemporary debates on pornography, censorship, the history of sexuality, and the contested role of literature in eighteenth-century culture.

Memoirs of Fanny Hill and Moll Flanders

Memoirs of Fanny Hill and Moll Flanders
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Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 1532925131
ISBN-13 : 9781532925139
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Book Synopsis Memoirs of Fanny Hill and Moll Flanders by : John Cleland Daniel Defoe

Download or read book Memoirs of Fanny Hill and Moll Flanders written by John Cleland Daniel Defoe and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs Of Fanny Hill & Moll FlandersBy John Cleland & Daniel Defoe

Fanny Hill

Fanny Hill
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Total Pages : 136
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ISBN-10 : 1448607272
ISBN-13 : 9781448607273
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Book Synopsis Fanny Hill by : John Cleland

Download or read book Fanny Hill written by John Cleland and published by . This book was released on 2009-06-22 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Cleland is said to have "misapplied considerable talents" in writing his scandalous 1749 novel, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, or; Fanny Hill. Nevertheless, the book has near-constantly remained in print, even where declared criminal, till finally being recognized as a classic of 18th century literature. It's known to have sold for as much as $40 for a new printing in 1863 -- several hundred dollars in today's money.Fanny Hill, age 15, is orphaned by a smallpox outbreak and forced to fend for herself. She narrowly escapes selling her virginity in a brothel after being tricked into taking a job there, and soon loses her beloved to the machinations of his wicked father. What, then, is left for Fanny to do?The text of this edition is copied from a famous French printing, and illustrated with several charming black-and-white illustrations.

The Small House at Allington

The Small House at Allington
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Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HWP5U9
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Book Synopsis The Small House at Allington by : Anthony Trollope

Download or read book The Small House at Allington written by Anthony Trollope and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fanny

Fanny
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 548
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ISBN-10 : 0393324354
ISBN-13 : 9780393324358
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Book Synopsis Fanny by : Erica Jong

Download or read book Fanny written by Erica Jong and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jong . . . filled a gap in the great tradition of the picaresque novel. . . . Linguistically, "Fanny" is a tower of strength. . . . Jong has gone farther than Joyce."--Anthony Burgess, "Saturday Review."

The Adventures Of Roderick Random

The Adventures Of Roderick Random
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Publisher : Double 9 Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9358017007
ISBN-13 : 9789358017007
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Book Synopsis The Adventures Of Roderick Random by : Tobias Smollett

Download or read book The Adventures Of Roderick Random written by Tobias Smollett and published by Double 9 Books. This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adventures of Roderick Random is a picaresque novel written by Tobias Smollett written before 1748. The book follows the misadventures of the eponymous main character, Roderick Random, as he navigates through life in 18th-century Britain. Roderick is a young man of humble origins who dreams of making his fortune and rising in society. However, he is constantly beset by misfortune and finds himself at the mercy of cruel fate and the nefarious actions of those around him. Throughout the novel, Roderick experiences a series of wild and often comical adventures, including being press-ganged into the Navy, working as a quack doctor, and falling in love with a woman who turns out to be a thief. The Adventures of Roderick Random is considered one of the earliest and most influential examples of the picaresque novel genre, which portrays the adventures of a rogue or antiheroic protagonist. It remains a beloved classic of English literature and a testament to Smollett's skill as a writer.