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Memoirs of Fanny Hill
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  • paperback· 221 pp9783353007643
First published 1749

Memoirs of Fanny Hill

By John Cleland

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Explicit

Memoirs of Fanny Hill was written in debtor's prison in 1784 and was the first modern erotic novel in English. A young woman, Fanny Hill, is forced by poverty to go into service, but is tricked into becoming a prostitute instead. She is then saved by her love, only to have his jealous father send him from the country some months later. She moves from one lover to the next, gaining maturity with each encounter, and nearing her...happy ending.

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Historical RomanceSettingVirgin HeroineCharacterExperienced HeroineCharacterSecond ChanceRelationshipAge Gap (older hero)RelationshipPiningRelationshipBig City RomanceSettingDark RomanceSetting
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