Fanny Hill：Memoirs of A Woman of Pleasure

MemoirsofaWomanofPleasure,betterknownasFannyHill,isoneofthemostnotorioustextsinEnglishliterature.Asrecentlyas1963anunexpurgatededitionwasthesubjectofatrial,yetintheeighteenthcenturyJohnCleland'sopencelebrationofsexualenjoymentwasabestsellingnovel.Fanny'sstory,asshefallsintoprostitutionandthenrisestorespectability,takestheformofaconfessionthatisvividlycolouredbycopiousandexplicitphysiologicaldetailsofhercarnaladventures.Themoraloutragethatthishasalwaysprovokedhasonlyrecentlybeencounteredbyseriouscriticalappraisal.