Harper Perennial Forbidden Classics — FANNY HILL: 01 - Softcover

Cleland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007300417 ISBN 13: 9780007300419

Publisher: William The 4th, 2009

Synopsis

‘Fanny Hill’ scandalised thousands of Victorians with its vivid descriptions of sexual pleasure, and landed its author in court a year after publication on charges of ‘corrupting the King's subjects’. This only heightened its allure – and today it is still hugely appreciated as a work of true erotic and literary merit.

What’s a penniless country girl to do in the big city?

Fanny Hill is a blushing country maiden until tragic circumstances force her to seek a new life in London. She is taken in by the motherly Mrs Brown, but on her first night she receives a rather unorthodox welcome from one of the young ladies in the house – and swiftly gains a much more explicit idea of what is expected in her new role. Fanny takes to carnal pleasures with gusto, and she vividly recalls each lusty encounter, every thrusting conquest, in her saucy, voyeuristic and thoroughly irresistible memoirs.

About this title

Product Description:

Rare Book

Review:

"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 this edition

• Publisher: William The 4th
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0007300417
• ISBN 13: 9780007300419
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288