The Bishop of London called the work 'an open insult upon Religion and good manners' and James Boswell referred to it as 'a most licentious and inflaming book.' The story of a prostitute's rise to respectability, it has been recognized more recently as a unique combination of parody, sensual entert[...]

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, better known as Fanny Hill, is one of the most notorious texts in English literature. As recently as 1963 an unexpurgated edition was the subject of a trial, yet in the eighteenth century John Cleland's open celebration of sexual enjoyment was a best selling novel. Fa[...]

Det handler om sex og kjærlighet for 250 år siden. En gledespikes erindring, populært kalt Fanny Hill, er en humoristisk og livsbejaende skildring av en ung kvinnes seksuelle realisering. I en harselas over samtidens snerpete moralisering beskriver forfatteren hvordan Fanny Hill reiser seg fra et[...]