Synopsis
The infant Fanny is discovered upon the doorstep of a great house in Wiltshire, where she grows to luscious young womanhood under the care of Lord and Lady Bellars. Circumstances force her to run away to London to "seek her fortune". On the way she falls in with witches, highwaymen, and pirates, men and women who cover the full spectrum of human virtue and vice. Forced to work in a London brothel for a time, she meets many of eh notables of her own day-from William Hogarth and Jonathan Swift to John Cleland, the notorious author of Fanny Hill. Before long she is off on a series of amazing around-the-world adventures that teach her all she must know of life to survive and prosper as a woman.
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About the Author
Erica Jong is the author of eight novels―including Fear of Flying―six books of poetry, and several works of nonfiction. She lives in New York City and Connecticut.
Review
"Jong... filled a gap in the great tradition of the picaresque novel. Fanny had to be written, and Erica Jong was the right person to write it. Linguistically, Fanny is a tower of strength.... Jong has gone farther than Joyce."
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Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout Jones
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Fanny-Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout Jones
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ISBN 13: 9780452252738
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