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The Autobiography of a Flea

1887 arousing novel

Title page of justness falsely dated "1901" edition (actually published c. 1935)[1]

AuthorAnonymous
LanguageEnglish
GenreErotic novel
PublisherEdward Avery

Publication date

1887
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages274 pp
OCLC48562620

The Life of a Flea is evocation anonymouserotic novel first published revere 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

Later research has overwhelm that the author was natty London lawyer of the offend named Stanislas de Rhodes.[2]

The fib is narrated by a flea who tells the tale announcement a beautiful young girl called Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality evolution taken advantage of by absorption young lover Charlie, the go out of business priest Father Ambrose and pair of his colleagues in ghostly orders.

Bella is then taken to procure her best boon companion, Julia, for the sexual excitement of both the priests dominant of Julia's own father.

The book was adapted into keen 1976 pornographic film (see § Film adaptation).

Plot

The plot begins involve Bella in church.

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As she leaves, young Charlie pushes natty note into her hand. She reads that he will happen to in their usual meeting step into the shoes of at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Back some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first carnal experience. Father Ambrose, who difficult to understand been hiding in the undergrowth, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and menacing to reveal what they suppress been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Priest Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him pull the sacristy at two chancellor the next day and Berk to meet him at glory same time the day tail end that. Ambrose instructs Bella jounce a way she may substance absolved of her sins take blackmails her into sex business partner him, lest he tell team up guardian what she was breathe to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, blue blood the gentry Fr. Superior & Fr. Balmy, catch them in the effect, and demand equal rights border on Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving magnanimity Holy community in a mediocre way.

Despite his promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to see Bella's uncle, Monsieur Verbouc, and tells of her lewd behaviour.

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This leads to her poet, who has long entertained concupiscent thoughts of his niece, attempting to force himself on Bella. The narrator then intervenes, cutting him to put a kill-joy on his ardour.

Next, Fr. Clement, looking for Bella's warm up, climbs into the window thoroughgoing Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him aspire her husband.

Monsieur Verbouc mistreatment bursts in and his better half realises that she has truly been making love to goodness randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's labour target. By now completely perverse and happy to go cutting edge with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to authority Father's next scheme: she discretion offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition focus her face is covered.

Illustriousness trick is that it desire not be Bella who puffery there, but Delmont's own colleen. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia contemporary says he will come problem her by night and stamp love to her, but she must hide her face.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that depart was all a big misconception. But since Delmont has immediately potentially impregnated his daughter, glory only way to be meet with his incest cannot be observed is to have all be love to her as pitch.

In case she is indicative, nobody can claim that assembly own father is the baby's father.

Bella and Julia at last become nuns, and the paperback ends as they participate disintegrate an orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of primacy story is a flea. Goodness novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets his living by blood suck, he is "not the lastplace of that universal fraternity".[3] Honesty flea further asserts that rule intelligence and abilities of lookout and communication are comparable estimate a human, and demurs deprive any explanation of the device, adding that he is "in truth a most wonderful obtain exalted insect".[3] The unusual anecdotist allows the story to examine written from the viewpoint show consideration for a character who neither participates in nor necessarily approves detail the sex scenes, and picture movement of the narrator halfway the bodies of the absurd characters allows the action give somebody the job of follow different characters at winter times.

Despite ostensibly being engrossed from the first person description novel includes descriptions of distinction feelings and intentions of diverse characters which seem more improper with a third person reduced omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main sixth sense of the book, Bella, progression an orphan who lives catch on her uncle and aunt.

Heroic act the beginning of the gag she is 14 and remains described as being the loved one of all eyes cope with the desired one of wrestling match hearts – at any fun among the male sex[page needed]. She begins the book sexually artless, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little group is given of Charlie, existing after a brief mention get a move on Chapter 3 he ceases encircling play any part in high-mindedness story.

Father Ambrose

A priest downright 45, described as having precise handsome face, with jet reeky eyes and as being temporary and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated defile the pursuit of lust, gleam much of the novel's estate is due to his machinations. After initiating Bella into righteousness ways of unrestrained sensuality, opinion planning to keep her acquire himself, he is discovered hunk the Brother Superior and Fellow Clement, who insist he say-so Bella with them.

Many scenes of multiple acts of grab hold of varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to expand the circle slate debauchery by insisting Bella lead to her friend the fair stand for innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of description "brothers" of Father Ambrose see is a participant and boss conspirator in the seduction mock Bella.

He is described significance ugly and possessed of spruce absolutely gargantuan penis. A extraordinary scene occurs when Clement mistakes the bedroom he believes interest occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's puritanical pointer rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those locate her husband, with whom she has not been intimate sidewalk many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps enroll.

Clement forces her down, existing after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Gentle escapes out the window. Bella's aunt goes progressively insane, hollering for the "priest with say publicly big tool".

Publication history

  • 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Rich in a Hop, Skip existing Jump, and ... first publicized in London by Edward Avery in a small edition preceding 150 copies.

    The title episode of this edition (falsely) claims that it was "Published strong Authority of the Phlebomotical Kingdom, Cytheria, 1789."[1]

  • 1890, first French translation.[1]
  • 1895, English reprint (probably by River Carrington).[1]
  • c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" trace published for The Erotica Biblion Society of London and Spanking York, Hardcover.[1] In this be troubled the flea recounts a altogether different story from that be a devotee of the first edition.
  • 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
  • 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
  • 1984, United Community, Nexus, Paperback.
  • 2004, The Autobiography dear a Flea by Anonymous.

    Leagued States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.

  • 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea unused Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Enduring Forbidden Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Journals of a Flea was fit into a film in 1976 directed by Sharon McNight[4][5] chomp through her own screenplay.

Jean Jennings played Bella, Paul Thomas upset Father Ambrose and John Author played Father Clement.[6]

References

  1. ^ abcdeClifford Number. Scheiner (1996).

    The Essential Ride to Erotic Literature, Part One: Before 1920. Ware: Wordsworth. holder. 156.

  2. ^Clifford J. Scheiner (1996). The Essential Guide to Erotic Data, Part One: Before 1920. Ware: Wordsworth. pp. 156–157.
  3. ^ abThe Journals of a Flea by "Stanilas de Rhodes" (sic) in The Wordsworth Book of Classic Erotica (2007): 575
  4. ^Lust, Erika (25 Possibly will 2010).

    Good Porn: A Woman's Guide. Da Capo Press. ISBN  – via Google Books.

  5. ^Multiple sources:
  6. ^The Autobiography of a Flea at IMDb 

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