Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Oxford World's Classics)
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Book Description
Peter Sabor presents both the first critical edition and the first accurate, wholly unexpurgated text of the most famous erotic novel in English, better known as Fanny Hill.
About the Author
John Cleland (1709-1789), English novelist, was educated at the Westminster School and then held government jobs in Smyrna and Bombay. After falling out with his superiors he wandered around Europe because he was not sure he could make a living in England. His fears were realized upon his return and he was forced to accept only twenty pounds for his manuscript Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. He and the book's publisher were initially arrested over the sexual content but were cleared and the publisher became rich. Cleland's other works were Memoirs of a Coxcomb (1751), The Surprises of Love (1764), and three works of philology, but he never again achieved the success of his first book and died in obscurity.
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Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Oxford World's Classics)
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Oxford World's Classics),John Cleland,Peter Sabor,Oxford University Press, USA,0192835653,Classics,Cleland, John, 1709-1789,England,Erotic fiction,Erotica - General,Fiction,Fiction - Adult,Literary,Prostitutes,16th to 18th century fiction,19th century fiction,Fiction / Classics,Literature/English | British Literature | 18th C
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