Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Author: first_name: John
last_name: Cleland
Language: English
Year: 1749

<em>Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure</em> (1749) was the first widely-read English novel in the genre “Erotica.” It was written by John Cleland as he was serving hard time at a debtor’s prison in London. Over the centuries, the novel has been repeatedly banned by authorities, assuring its preeminent role in the history of the ongoing struggle against censorship of free expression.<br /><br />
<p>Until <em>Fanny Hill</em>, previous heroines had conducted their amorous liaisons “off-stag