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Hiraeth

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1. finally started Fanny Hill by John Cleland. Been meaning to read it ever since I saw it mentioned in

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 03:23 PM

Apr 2016

a film: The Impossible Years. Both daughters read it as I recall.

Fanny Hill
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure is an erotic novel by English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748. Written while the author was in debtors' prison in London, it is considered "the first original English prose pornography, and the first pornography to use the form of the novel". One of the most prosecuted and banned books in history, it has become a synonym for obscenity.

First published: 1897
Author: John Cleland
Adaptations: Fanny Hill (2007) · Fanny Hill (1983) · Fanny Hill
Illustrator: Édouard-Henri Avril
Genres: Erotic literature · Fiction
Characters: Fanny Hill

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What are you reading this week of April 17, 2016? [View all] hermetic Apr 2016 OP

finally started Fanny Hill by John Cleland. Been meaning to read it ever since I saw it mentioned in Hiraeth Apr 2016 #1

I read that hermetic Apr 2016 #3

yeah. and For some :perverse: reason I have decided to call it a Classic and so I am able Hiraeth Apr 2016 #6

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There are lots of Lee Child hermetic Apr 2016 #4

Now ya gotta start on Barry Eisler's books...... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2016 #5

Hello everyone! Thank you for the thread hermetic! Enthusiast Apr 2016 #7

Finders Keepers Mz Pip Apr 2016 #8

I've got to read Finders Keepers. I read Mr. Mercedes earlier. Thanks, Mz Pip. Enthusiast Apr 2016 #9