{"product_id":"fanny-hill-or-memoirs-of-a-woman-of-pleasure-paperback","title":"Fanny Hill: Or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Cleland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChelsea G. Summers\u003c\/b\u003e (With), \u003cb\u003eJessica Stoya\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs part of the \u003cb\u003eSmith \u0026amp; Taylor Classics\u003c\/b\u003e collection, this edition preserves \u003ci\u003eFanny Hill\u003c\/i\u003e in its \u003cb\u003efull provocative force, complete with new critical commentary. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBanned from publication in the United States until 1966 for its assumed obscenity, immorality, and lack of literary merit, \u003ci\u003eFanny Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e (1749), is a novel considered to be the first original English prose erotica. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the tale of the titular \u003ci\u003eFanny Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, told to us in her own letters with \"stark naked truth.\" Young, orphaned, and naïve, she recounts her early days of prostitution in bawdy eighteenth-century London and her dramatic rise to respectability. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn important work of political, social, and sexual parody and philosophy, the author himself was imprisoned at the time of publication for his depictions of sexual \"deviance\" as an act of pleasure rather than simply shameful. \u003ci\u003eFanny Hill\u003c\/i\u003e deserves its place in continued publication not only for its role in securing rights for erotica, but for its surprisingly modern, explicit, and complicated depictions of sex, love-making, money-talk, and homosexuality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis uncensored version is set from the 1749 edition and includes a new introduction by Chelsea G. Summers, as well as a conversational afterword between Summers and Jessica Stoya. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing a conversational afterword from writers Chelsea G. Summers and Jessica Stoya. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrate Banned Book Day at libraries across the United States August 4th! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cleland\u003c\/b\u003e (1709-1789) was an English novelist known for \u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary of Love \u003c\/i\u003e(1753), \u003ci\u003eThe Woman of Honour\u003c\/i\u003e (1768), and most famously his fictional \u003ci\u003eFanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e (1749) whose eroticism led to his arrest. James Boswell called him \"a sly, old malcontent.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChelsea G. Summers\u003c\/b\u003e is a former academic and college professor with Ph.D. training in eighteenth-century British literature. A freelance writer, Chelsea's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine, Vogue, The New Republic, Racked, The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and other fine publications. She splits her time between New York and Stockholm, Sweden. \u003ci\u003eA Certain Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e was her first novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Stoya\u003c\/b\u003e has been a pornographer since 2006 and a writer since 2012. She has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, the Guardian, Playboy\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She has acted in Serbian sci-fi feature Ederlezi Rising and two of Dean Haspiel's plays in Brooklyn and Manhattan. She lives in Los Angeles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.64 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755465761101,"sku":"9781961884731","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/L7V7qZJD299781961884731.webp?v=1776718987","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/fanny-hill-or-memoirs-of-a-woman-of-pleasure-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}