Screen LibraryFanny Hill, or, Memoirs of a woman of pleasure /
The tale of a naive young prostitute in bawdy eighteenth-century London who slowy rises to respectability, the novel-and its poularity-endured many bannings and critics, and today Fanny Hill is considered an important piece of political parody and sexual philosophy on par with French libertine novel...
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Modern Library,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2001. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2001 Modern Library paperback edition. |
| Series: |
The Modern Library classics
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| Summary: |
The tale of a naive young prostitute in bawdy eighteenth-century London who slowy rises to respectability, the novel-and its poularity-endured many bannings and critics, and today Fanny Hill is considered an important piece of political parody and sexual philosophy on par with French libertine novels. This uncensored version is set from the 1749 edition and includes commentary by Charles Rembar, the lawyer who defended the novel in the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case, and newly commissioned notes. |
| Carrier Form: | xxxiii, 249 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-225). |
| ISBN: |
9780375758089 0375758089 |
| Index Number: | PR3348 |
| CLC: | I561.44 |
| Call Number: | I561.44/C624-1 |