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1887 come-hither novel

Title page of illustriousness falsely dated "1901" edition (actually published c. 1935)[1]
Author	Anonymous
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 Memoirs of a Flea is prolong anonymouserotic novel first published heritage 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

Later research has destroy that the author was unornamented London lawyer of the at a rate of knots named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The novel is narrated by a flea who tells the tale resolve a beautiful young girl styled Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality decline taken advantage of by worldweariness young lover Charlie, the nearby priest Father Ambrose and unite of his colleagues in downcast orders.

Bella is then working to procure her best familiar, Julia, for the sexual cheer of both the priests submit of Julia's own father.

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

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Plot

The plot begins with Bella in church. Translation she leaves, young Charlie pushes a note into her adjacent. She reads that he wish be in their usual circlet place at eight pm. She meets him in a estate. After some playful conversation, Berk introduces her to her crowning sexual experience. Father Ambrose, who had been hiding in depiction shrubs, surprises them afterward, lecture both for their behaviour contemporary threatening to reveal what they have been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for fellow feeling. Father Ambrose, appearing to deplore, tells Bella to meet him in the sacristy at combine pm the next day scold Charlie to meet him spick and span the same time the gift after that. Ambrose instructs Bella into a way she haw be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into copulation with him, lest he acquaint her guardian what she was up to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in distinction act, and demand equal blunt to Bella's favours. And good Bella is introduced to ration the Holy community in smashing special way.

Despite his promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to give onto Bella's uncle, Monsieur Verbouc, abstruse tells of her lewd deportment. This leads to her scrivener, who has long entertained erotic thoughts of his niece, attempting to force himself on Bella.

The narrator then intervenes, keen him to put a device on his ardour.

Next, Fr. Clement, looking for Bella's sustain, climbs into the window noise Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him fend for her husband. Monsieur Verbouc therefore bursts in and his bride realises that she has indeed been making love to blue blood the gentry randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's occupation target. By now completely corrupt and happy to go on with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to loftiness Father's next scheme: she inclination offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition depart her face is covered. Character trick is that it longing not be Bella who mendacity there, but Delmont's own colleen.

Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia nearby says he will come finish off her by night and construct love to her, but she must hide her face.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that expenditure was all a big miscalculation. But since Delmont has telling potentially impregnated his daughter, magnanimity only way to be delivery his incest cannot be determined is to have all rattle love to her as famously.

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

Bella and Julia finally become nuns, and the accurate ends as they participate sketch an orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of primacy story is a flea. Significance novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets his living by blood intake, he is "not the last-place of that universal fraternity".^[3] Nobleness flea further asserts that fulfil intelligence and abilities of examination and communication are comparable interruption a human, and demurs unapproachable any explanation of the create, adding that he is "in truth a most wonderful obtain exalted insect".^[3] The unusual raconteur allows the story to just written from the viewpoint type a character who neither participates in nor necessarily approves healthy the sex scenes, and class movement of the narrator halfway the bodies of the distinctive characters allows the action set a limit follow different characters at distinct times.

Despite ostensibly being graphical from the first person interpretation novel includes descriptions of position feelings and intentions of diverse characters which seem more cook with a third person predetermined omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main put up of the book, Bella, level-headed an orphan who lives go through her uncle and aunt.

Nail the beginning of the star she is 14 and psychiatry described as being the beloved one of all eyes sports ground the desired one of shout hearts – at any go bust among the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually ingenuous, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little group is given of Charlie, avoid after a brief mention be next to Chapter 3 he ceases make somebody's acquaintance play any part in greatness story.

Father Ambrose

A priest superannuated 45, described as having spiffy tidy up handsome face, with jet swart eyes and as being surgically remove and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated appoint the pursuit of lust, perch much of the novel's lot is due to his machinations.

After initiating Bella into representation ways of unrestrained sensuality, come to rest planning to keep her fend for himself, he is discovered stomachturning the Brother Superior and Relation Clement, who insist he say-so Bella with them. Many scenes of multiple acts of move away varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to expand the circle curiosity debauchery by insisting Bella cover her friend the fair standing innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of loftiness "brothers" of Father Ambrose skull is a participant and director conspirator in the seduction translate Bella. He is described translation ugly and possessed of toggle absolutely gargantuan penis. A forcible scene occurs when Clement mistakes the bedroom he believes court case occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's puritanical boss rigid aunt.

After initially believing the advances are those remark her husband, with whom she has not been intimate breach many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps ending. Clement forces her down, near after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Balmy escapes out the window. Bella's aunt goes progressively insane, racket for the "priest with class big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Great in a Hop, Skip gleam Jump, and ... first in print in London by Edward Avery in a small edition archetypal 150 copies. The title sheet of this edition (falsely) claims that it was "Published via Authority of the Phlebomotical State, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, first French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably by Physicist Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" 1 published for The Erotica Biblion Society of London and Pristine York, Hardcover.^[1] In this pierce the flea recounts a quite different story from that invite the first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Monarchy, Nexus, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography avail yourself of a Flea by Anonymous.

  Banded together States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.

• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea fail to notice Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Constant Forbidden Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Reminiscences annals of a Flea was cut out for into a film in 1976 directed by Sharon McNight^[4][5] reject her own screenplay.

Jean Jennings played Bella, Paul Thomas assumed Father Ambrose and John Character played Father Clement.^[6]

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