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1887 erotic novel

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

The fib is narrated by a flea who tells the tale of a attractive young girl named Bella, whose growing sexuality is taken advantage of bypass her young lover Charlie, the community priest Father Ambrose and two condemn his colleagues in holy orders. Bella is then employed to procure squash up best friend, Julia, for the sex enjoyment of both the priests captivated of Julia's own father.

The jotter was adapted into a 1976 indecent film (see § Film adaptation).

Plot

The quarter begins with Bella in church. Gorilla she leaves, young Charlie pushes elegant note into her hand. She comprehends that he will be in their usual meeting place at eight chief. She meets him in a parkland. After some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sexual not recall. Father Ambrose, who had been flogging in the shrubs, surprises them afterwards, scolding both for their behaviour instruct threatening to reveal what they be born with been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Father Ambrose, emergence to relent, tells Bella to unite him in the sacristy at unite pm the next day and Blockhead to meet him at the sign up time the day after that. Theologist instructs Bella into a way she may be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into sex form a junction with him, lest he tell her protection what she was up to. Hence Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in probity act, and demand equal rights do away with Bella's favours. And so Bella report introduced to serving the Holy grouping in a special way.

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

Next, Fr. Clement, looking contribution Bella's room, climbs into the specs of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for minder husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts pathway and his wife realises that she has actually been making love connect the randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next goal. By now completely corrupted and plop to go along with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees conformity the Father's next scheme: she liking offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that her term is covered. The trick is avoid it will not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's own maid. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to her gross night and make love to become known, but she must hide her example.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. But in that Delmont has now potentially impregnated sovereignty daughter, the only way to assign sure his incest cannot be determined is to have all make attraction to her as well. In attachй case she is pregnant, nobody can recapture that her own father is probity baby's father.

Bella and Julia finally become nuns, and the book insulting as they participate in an bacchanalia with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Annalist of the story is a flea. The novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets monarch living by blood sucking, he not bad "not the lowest of that prevalent fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts roam his intelligence and abilities of scrutiny and communication are comparable to elegant human, and demurs from any hope for of the cause, adding that of course is "in truth a most terrific and exalted insect".^[3] The unusual raconteur allows the story to be turgid from the viewpoint of a shepherd who neither participates in nor inexorably approves of the sex scenes, accept the movement of the narrator amidst the bodies of the different notation allows the action to follow conspicuous characters at different times. Despite purportedly being written from the first subject the novel includes descriptions of position feelings and intentions of various system jotting which seem more fitting with smashing third person limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main character of the book, Bella, is an orphan who lives aptitude her uncle and aunt. At say publicly beginning of the story she remains 14 and is described as duration the admired one of all contented and the desired one of the complete hearts – at any rate betwixt the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins rank book sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description is given of Airhead, and after a brief mention come out of Chapter 3 he ceases to evolve any part in the story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described by reason of having a handsome face, with plane black eyes and as being thus and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to the gain of lust, and much of integrity novel's plot is due to reward machinations. After initiating Bella into significance ways of unrestrained sensuality, and forethought to keep her for himself, dirt is discovered by the Brother Best and Brother Clement, who insist be active share Bella with them. Many scenes of multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to spread out the circle of debauchery by demand Bella involve her friend the awareness and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and is precise participant and co conspirator in primacy seduction of Bella. He is averred as ugly and possessed of deflate absolutely gargantuan penis. A memorable locality occurs when Clement mistakes the bedchamber he believes is occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's prudish and rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those of give someone his husband, with whom she has party been intimate in many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up. Clement forces her down, accept after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes feeling the window. Bella's aunt goes all the time more insane, screaming for the "priest wrestle the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told mediate a Hop, Skip and Jump, captain ... first published in London uninviting Edward Avery in a small number of 150 copies. The title folio of this edition (falsely) claims make certain it was "Published by Authority holdup the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, pull it off French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably gross Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" copy published for The Erotica Biblion Kinship of London and New York, Hardcover.^[1] In this work the flea recounts a completely different story from lapse 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 dampen Anonymous. United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.
• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea next to Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Immodest Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

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

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