A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) Cleland, John 1709-1789 creator text utu 2008 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Memoirs of Fanny Hill" by John Cleland is an erotic novel first published in 1748-1749. Written while Cleland was imprisoned for debt in London, it is considered the first original English prose pornography to use the novel form. The work became one of history's most prosecuted and banned books, sparking landmark obscenity trials in both Britain and America that continued into the 1960s. Notable for its elaborate euphemisms and literary devices, the novel avoids explicit terminology while depicting sexual content through creative language. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Hill Release date is 2008-05-02 Original publication data not identified England -- Fiction Prostitutes -- Fiction Erotic fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25305 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25305 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133559.0 25305