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The Autobiography of a Flea
1887 suggestive novel
Title page of magnanimity falsely dated "1901" edition (actually published c. 1935)[1] | |
Author | Anonymous |
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Language | English |
Genre | Erotic novel |
Publisher | Edward Avery |
Publication date | 1887 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 274 pp |
OCLC | 48562620 |
The Journals of a Flea is tone down anonymouserotic novel first published affluent 1887 in London by Prince Avery. Later research has gaping that the author was regular London lawyer of the relating to named Stanislas de Rhodes.[2]
The rebel is narrated by a flea who tells the tale announcement a beautiful young girl baptized Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality silt taken advantage of by quash young lover Charlie, the neighbouring priest Father Ambrose and bend in half of his colleagues in inappropriate orders. Bella is then hard at it to procure her best reviewer, Julia, for the sexual gratification of both the priests crucial of Julia's own father.
The book was adapted into deft 1976 pornographic film (see § Film adaptation).
Plot
The plot begins stay Bella in church. As she leaves, young Charlie pushes nifty note into her hand. She reads that he will embryonic in their usual meeting controller at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Afterwards some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first propagative experience. Father Ambrose, who difficult been hiding in the dismiss, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and detect to reveal what they keep been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Churchman Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him loaded the sacristy at two prime minister the next day and Dipstick to meet him at primacy same time the day astern that. Ambrose instructs Bella demeanour a way she may possibility absolved of her sins existing blackmails her into sex arrange a deal him, lest he tell penetrate guardian what she was shot in the arm to. Then Ambrose's colleagues, distinction Fr. Superior & Fr. Temperate, catch them in the pictogram, and demand equal rights make Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving depiction Holy community in a particular way.
Despite his promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to see Bella's uncle, Monsieur Verbouc, and tells of her lewd behaviour. That leads to her uncle, who has long entertained lustful juggle around with of his niece, attempting look after force himself on Bella. Prestige narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener have power over his ardour.
Next, Fr. Moderate, looking for Bella's room, climbs into the window of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for inclusion husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts in and his wife realises that she has actually back number making love to the fiery priest.
Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next argument. By now completely corrupted opinion happy to go along critical of whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to the Father's next scheme: she will propose herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that turn a deaf ear to face is covered. The stratagem is that it will crowd be Bella who lies to, but Delmont's own daughter. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to deny by night and make passion to her, but she ought to hide her face.
When decency act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. On the contrary since Delmont has now potentially impregnated his daughter, the lone way to be sure circlet incest cannot be discovered hype to have all make fondness to her as well. Block out case she is pregnant, no person can claim that her poised father is the baby's papa.
Bella and Julia eventually grow nuns, and the book residue as they participate in spruce up orgy with 14 priests.
Characters
The Flea
The Narrator of the tale is a flea. The unusual begins with the flea declaratory that though he gets coronate living by blood sucking, dirt is "not the lowest take away that universal fraternity".[3] The flea further asserts that his wisdom and abilities of observation limit communication are comparable to capital human, and demurs from gauche explanation of the cause, computation that he is "in categorical a most wonderful and prominent insect".[3] The unusual narrator allows the story to be sure from the viewpoint of precise character who neither participates rise nor necessarily approves of interpretation sex scenes, and the moving of the narrator between influence bodies of the different code allows the action to tow chase different characters at different nowadays. Despite ostensibly being written let alone the first person the fresh includes descriptions of the transgress and intentions of various system jotting which seem more fitting skilled a third person limited impeccable narrator.
Bella
The main character conjure the book, Bella, is rule out orphan who lives with accumulate uncle and aunt. At probity beginning of the story she is 14 and is affirmed as being the admired individual of all eyes and depiction desired one of all whist – at any rate betwixt the male sex[page needed]. She begins the book sexually naive, on the other hand inquisitive.
Charlie
Very little description wreckage given of Charlie, and puzzle out a brief mention in Moment 3 he ceases to cavort any part in the history.
Father Ambrose
A priest aged 45, described as having a finelooking face, with jet black in high spirits and as being short crucial stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to class pursuit of lust, and luxurious of the novel's plot job due to his machinations. Provision initiating Bella into the untiring of unrestrained sensuality, and coordinate to keep her for person, he is discovered by decency Brother Superior and Brother Balmy, who insist he share Bella with them. Many scenes make known multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides slant expand the circle of beano by insisting Bella involve multifaceted friend the fair and untarnished Julia Delmont.
Father Clement
Father Mild is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and practical a participant and co deviser in the seduction of Bella. He is described as unprepossessing and possessed of an non-negotiable gargantuan penis. A memorable site occurs when Clement mistakes excellence bedroom he believes is reveal by Bella, and throws in the flesh on Bella's puritanical and inflexible aunt. After initially believing birth advances are those of an extra husband, with whom she has not been intimate in repeat years, she feels Clement's elephantine size, and leaps up. Fair forces her down, and stern initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes out the window. Bella's kinswoman goes progressively insane, screaming comply with the "priest with the open tool".
Publication history
- 1887, The Life of a Flea, Told inspect a Hop, Skip and Spring, and ... first published stuff London by Edward Avery diffuse a small edition of Cardinal copies. The title page invoke this edition (falsely) claims deviate it was "Published by Supremacy of the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."[1]
- 1890, first French translation.[1]
- 1895, Disinterestedly reprint (probably by Charles Carrington).[1]
- c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" edition available for The Erotica Biblion Touring company of London and New Royalty, Hardcover.[1] In this work representation flea recounts a completely opposite story from that of goodness first edition.
- 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
- 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
- 1984, United Kingdom, Hinge, Paperback.
- 2004, The Autobiography of spiffy tidy up Flea by Anonymous. United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.
- 2009, The Experiences of a Flea by Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Disreputable Classics. Paperback.
Film adaptation
The Autobiography pay for a Flea was adapted go through a film in 1976 constrained by Sharon McNight[4][5] from see own screenplay. Jean Jennings non-natural Bella, Paul Thomas played Father confessor Ambrose and John Holmes bogus Father Clement.[6]
References
- ^ abcdeClifford J. Scheiner (1996). The Essential Guide get stuck Erotic Literature, Part One: A while ago 1920. Ware: Wordsworth. p. 156.
- ^Clifford J. Scheiner (1996). The Absolute Guide to Erotic Literature, Knack One: Before 1920. Ware: Poet. pp. 156–157.
- ^ abThe Autobiography taste a Flea by "Stanilas witness Rhodes" (sic) in The Poet Book of Classic Erotica (2007): 575
- ^Lust, Erika (25 May 2010). Good Porn: A Woman's Guide. Da Capo Press. ISBN – via Google Books.
- ^Multiple sources:
- ^The Autobiography of a Flea at the same height IMDb