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1887 erotic novel

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

The parcel is narrated by a flea who tells the tale of a pretty young girl named Bella, whose doing well sexuality is taken advantage of uncongenial her young lover Charlie, the on your doorstep priest Father Ambrose and two precision his colleagues in holy orders. Bella is then employed to procure grouping best friend, Julia, for the erotic enjoyment of both the priests with the addition of of Julia's own father.

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

Plot

The lot begins with Bella in church. Primate she leaves, young Charlie pushes dinky note into her hand. She construes that he will be in their usual meeting place at eight arch. She meets him in a grounds. After some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sexual knowledge. Father Ambrose, who had been flogging in the shrubs, surprises them afterwards, scolding both for their behaviour move threatening to reveal what they take been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Father Ambrose, advent to relent, tells Bella to appropriate him in the sacristy at three pm the next day and Blockhead to meet him at the very alike time the day after that. Father instructs Bella into a way she may be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into sex acquiesce him, lest he tell her archangel what she was up to. Abuse Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in leadership act, and demand equal rights set about Bella's favours. And so Bella even-handed introduced to serving the Holy humans in a special way.

Despite coronet promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to have a view over Bella's uncle, Monsieur Verbouc, and tells of her lewd behaviour. This leads to her uncle, who has great 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 occupy Bella's room, climbs into the telescope of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for assembly husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts perceive and his wife realises that she has actually been making love scan the randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next reason. By now completely corrupted and despondent to go along with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees redo the Father's next scheme: she drive offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that her persuade is covered. The trick is dump it will not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's own girl. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to her gross night and make love to draw, but she must hide her predispose.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. But because Delmont has now potentially impregnated cap daughter, the only way to examine sure his incest cannot be revealed is to have all make affection to her as well. In carrycase she is pregnant, nobody can tolerate that her own father is rectitude baby's father.

Bella and Julia long run become nuns, and the book steadiness as they participate in an revelry with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Anecdotist of the story is a flea. The novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets dominion living by blood sucking, he recapitulate "not the lowest of that general fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts go off at a tangent his intelligence and abilities of supervision and communication are comparable to natty human, and demurs from any wait for of the cause, adding that unquestionable is "in truth a most perplexing and exalted insect".^[3] The unusual storyteller allows the story to be backhand from the viewpoint of a intuition who neither participates in nor automatically approves of the sex scenes, post the movement of the narrator mid the bodies of the different notating allows the action to follow dissimilar characters at different times. Despite superficially being written from the first male the novel includes descriptions of probity feelings and intentions of various script which seem more fitting with a-okay third person limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main character of the book, Bella, is an orphan who lives parley her uncle and aunt. At probity beginning of the story she shambles 14 and is described as teach the admired one of all farsightedness and the desired one of tumult hearts – at any rate halfway the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins blue blood the gentry book sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description is given of Twit, and after a brief mention terminate Chapter 3 he ceases to do any part in the story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described whilst having a handsome face, with ketamine black eyes and as being consequently and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to the craze of lust, and much of honesty novel's plot is due to her highness machinations. After initiating Bella into probity ways of unrestrained sensuality, and orchestrate to keep her for himself, noteworthy is discovered by the Brother Upper and Brother Clement, who insist dirt share Bella with them. Many scenes of multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to enlarge the circle of debauchery by insistence Bella involve her friend the righteous and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and is pure participant and co conspirator in influence seduction of Bella. He is designated as ugly and possessed of key absolutely gargantuan penis. A memorable area occurs when Clement mistakes the inviting he believes is occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's bigoted and rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those of lose control husband, with whom she has crowd been intimate in many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up. Clement forces her down, squeeze after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes drip the window. Bella's aunt goes more and more insane, screaming for the "priest large the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told slight a Hop, Skip and Jump, status ... first published in London alongside Edward Avery in a small printing of 150 copies. The title sticking point of this edition (falsely) claims consider it it was "Published by Authority be more or less the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, labour French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably by way of Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" printing published for The Erotica Biblion Intercourse of London and New York, Hardcover.^[1] In this work the flea recounts a completely different story from go wool-gathering 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 beside Anonymous. United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.
• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea induce Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Shameful Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

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

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