Fanny Hill

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ISBN 10: 1162662417 / ISBN 13: 9781162662411

Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fanny Hill
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1162662417
• ISBN 13: 9781162662411
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Fanny Hill is a novel written by John Cleland in 1748. It tells the story of a young woman named Fanny Hill who moves to London to seek employment. She soon finds herself drawn into the world of prostitution and becomes a high-class courtesan. The novel is written in the form of a series of letters from Fanny to an unknown recipient, in which she describes her sexual experiences in graphic detail. The book was highly controversial when it was first published and was considered obscene by many. However, it has since become a classic of erotic literature and has been praised for its frank and honest portrayal of female sexuality. The novel is notable for its use of vivid language and its exploration of themes such as desire, pleasure, and morality. Overall, Fanny Hill is a groundbreaking work of literature that continues to captivate and provoke readers to this day.Additional proofing provided by Eben Visher. The notorious work by author John Cleland. Not a book for children.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

From the Inside Flap

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 naïve 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 parody and sexual philosophy on par with French libertine novels.

This uncensored version is set from the 1749 edition and includes commentary by Charles Rembar, the lawyer who defended the novel in the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case, and newly commissioned notes.