Memoirs of Fanny Hill

by John Cleland

Overview

Reproduction of the original: Memoirs of Fanny Hill by John Cleland

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783734028632
Publisher:	Outlook Verlag
Publication date:	09/23/2018
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

From the 1749 London text - the most banned book in history and the genesis of erotic novels.

About the Author
British writer John Cleland (1709 - 1789) was best known as the author of Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure.
He was the oldest son of the Scot William and Lucy Cleland and grew up in London, where his father was first an officer in the British Army. The family were wealthy and moved in the finest literary and artistic circles
He began as a soldier and worked his way up into the civil service and lived in Bombay from 1728 to 1740. He returned to London when his father was dying.
John Cleland was arrested over a sizable debt and committed to Fleet Prison for more than one year. During his prison term, Cleland finalised Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. He was released from prison and arrested again, along with the publishers and printer of Fanny Hill.
In court, Cleland disavowed the novel and said that he could only "wish, from my Soul," that the book be buried and forgotten.