Fanny Hill (Annotated)

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Fanny Hill by John Cleland. Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, popularly known as Fanny Hill (possibly an anglicization of the Latin mons veneris, mound of Venus), is an erotic novel by the English novelist John Cleland, first published in London in 1748. Written while the author was at the London Debtors Prison, it is considered "the first original English prose pornography, and the first pornography to use the form of the novel." It is one of the most processed and prohibited books in history. The book exemplifies the use of the euphemism. The text does not have "dirty words" or explicit scientific terms for body parts, but it uses many literary devices to describe the genitalia. For example, the vagina is sometimes referred to as "the shallow mouth," which is also an example of psychological displacement. A critical edition of Peter Sabor includes a bibliography and explanatory notes. The "Launch of 'Fanny Hill'" collection contains various essays on the historical, social, and economic themes underlying the novel. The novel was published in two installments, on November 21, 1748 and in February 1749, by Fenton Griffiths and his brother Ralph under the name "G. Fenton".