Fanny Hill : Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
by Cleland, John; With an Introduction for Modern Readers by Peter Quennell
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1963. Mass market paperback, "First [Putnam] Paperback Edition", xxvIiii + 228 pages; spine creased and slanted, other light shelf wear, but tight in binding, very clean and unmarked. See also our listings for classic Victorian works of erotic fiction: and Intimate Relations: The Memoirs of William Veitch.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good.
Synopsis
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, popularly known as Fanny Hill, is a novel by John Cleland. Written in 1748 while the author was in debtor's prison in London, it is considered the first modern "erotic novel" in English, and has become a byword for the battle of censorship of erotica.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039529
- Title
- Fanny Hill : Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
- Author
- Cleland, John; With an Introduction for Modern Readers by Peter Quennell
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- EROTIC FICTION EROTICA CRITICAL LITERARY CRITICISM LITERATURE STUDIES Victorian Pornography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Erotica; Literary Criticism;
Terms of Sale
Eric James
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