| LC control no. | n 84030208 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cleland, John, 1709-1789. Memoirs of a woman of pleasure |
| Variant(s) | Cleland, John, 1709-1789. Fanny Hill Cleland, John, 1709-1789. John Cleland's Memoirs of a woman of pleasure Cleland, John, 1709-1789. Memoirs of Fanny Hill |
| See also | Author: Cleland, John, 1709-1789 |
| Form of work | Novels Erotic fiction Pornographic fiction |
| Beginning date | 1748 |
| Ending date | 1749 |
| Place of origin | Great Britain |
| Found in | His Memoirs of a woman of pleasure, 1985: pub. info. with CIP (known as Fanny Hill) John Cleland's Memoirs of a woman of pleasure, 1963. Britannica online, October 11, 2019 (Fanny Hill, in full Memoirs of Fanny Hill, erotic novel by John Cleland, first published in two volumes in 1748-49 as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure; although elegantly written, the novel was condemned as pornography and was suppressed from its initial publication) <https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fanny-Hill-novel> Wikipedia, October 11, 2019 (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure--popularly known as Fanny Hill--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". It is one of the most prosecuted and banned books in history. Original title: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. Country: Great Britain. Language: English. Genre: Erotic novel. Publication date: 21 November 1748; February 1749) |
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