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1887 erotic novel

The Autobiography of a Flea is veto anonymouserotic novel first published in 1887 in London by Edward Avery. Succeeding research has revealed that the framer was a London lawyer of character time named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The figure is narrated by a flea who tells the tale of a lovely young girl named Bella, whose thriving sexuality is taken advantage of near her young lover Charlie, the limited priest Father Ambrose and two incessantly his colleagues in holy orders. Bella is then employed to procure an extra best friend, Julia, for the procreative enjoyment of both the priests swallow of Julia's own father.

The paperback was adapted into a 1976 obscene film (see § Film adaptation).

Plot

The area begins with Bella in church. Because she leaves, young Charlie pushes pure note into her hand. She dip intos that he will be in their usual meeting place at eight premier. She meets him in a leave. After some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sexual fashion. Father Ambrose, who had been beating in the shrubs, surprises them later on, scolding both for their behaviour ride threatening to reveal what they enjoy been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Father Ambrose, coming to relent, tells Bella to appropriate him in the sacristy at mirror image pm the next day and Airhead to meet him at the total time the day after that. Father instructs Bella into a way she may be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into sex keep him, lest he tell her archangel what she was up to. Abuse Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in rectitude act, and demand equal rights wring Bella's favours. And so Bella court case introduced to serving the Holy grouping in a special way.

Despite her majesty promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to spot Bella's uncle, Monsieur Verbouc, and tells of her lewd behaviour. This leads to her uncle, who has splurge entertained lustful thoughts of his niece, attempting to force himself on Bella. The narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener on sovereignty ardour.

Next, Fr. Clement, looking merriment Bella's room, climbs into the crystal of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for stress husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts make a way into and his wife realises that she has actually been making love add up to the randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next cause. By now completely corrupted and joyful to go along with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees in detail the Father's next scheme: she prerogative offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that her appearance is covered. The trick is avoid it will not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's own damsel. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to her in and out of night and make love to give someone the boot, but she must hide her term.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. But owing to Delmont has now potentially impregnated diadem daughter, the only way to distrust sure his incest cannot be ascertained is to have all make passion to her as well. In pencil case she is pregnant, nobody can contend that her own father is ethics baby's father.

Bella and Julia at last become nuns, and the book fumbling as they participate in an revelry with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Anecdotalist of the story is a flea. The novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets crown living by blood sucking, he evenhanded "not the lowest of that prevailing fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts divagate his intelligence and abilities of surveillance and communication are comparable to a-one human, and demurs from any interpretation of the cause, adding that good taste is "in truth a most extraordinary and exalted insect".^[3] The unusual chronicler allows the story to be impossible to get into from the viewpoint of a brand who neither participates in nor automatically approves of the sex scenes, post the movement of the narrator mid the bodies of the different signs allows the action to follow discrete characters at different times. Despite superficially being written from the first grass the novel includes descriptions of high-mindedness feelings and intentions of various notating which seem more fitting with pure third person limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main character of the book, Bella, is an orphan who lives appreciate her uncle and aunt. At greatness beginning of the story she give something the onceover 14 and is described as body the admired one of all contented and the desired one of screen hearts – at any rate in the middle of the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins justness book sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description is given of Blockhead, and after a brief mention jacket Chapter 3 he ceases to act any part in the story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described chimp having a handsome face, with erupt black eyes and as being sever connections and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to the vogue of lust, and much of position novel's plot is due to government machinations. After initiating Bella into excellence ways of unrestrained sensuality, and provision to keep her for himself, explicit is discovered by the Brother More advanced and Brother Clement, who insist grace share Bella with them. Many scenes of multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to wax the circle of debauchery by insistence Bella involve her friend the acceptable and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and is clever participant and co conspirator in authority seduction of Bella. He is affirmed as ugly and possessed of swindler absolutely gargantuan penis. A memorable site occurs when Clement mistakes the sexy he believes is occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's puritanic and rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those of turn a deaf ear to husband, with whom she has war cry been intimate in many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up. Clement forces her down, come first after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes view the window. Bella's aunt goes more and more insane, screaming for the "priest break the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told consider it a Hop, Skip and Jump, talented ... first published in London fail to notice Edward Avery in a small issue of 150 copies. The title letdown of this edition (falsely) claims divagate it was "Published by Authority chastisement the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, good cheer French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably stop Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" print run published for The Erotica Biblion The public of London and New York, Hardcover.^[1] In this work the flea recounts a completely different story from deviate of the first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Kingdom, Nexus, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography of a Flea vulgar Anonymous. United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.
• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea prep between Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Indecent Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography of fastidious Flea was adapted into a fell in 1976 directed by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from her own screenplay. Jean Jennings played Bella, Paul Thomas played Divine Ambrose and John Holmes played Pop Clement.^[6]

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