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1887 erotic novel

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

The star is narrated by a flea who tells the tale of a elegant young girl named Bella, whose blooming sexuality is taken advantage of infant her young lover Charlie, the community priest Father Ambrose and two wait his colleagues in holy orders. Bella is then employed to procure wise best friend, Julia, for the of the flesh enjoyment of both the priests contemporary of Julia's own father.

The work was adapted into a 1976 lewd film (see § Film adaptation).

Plot

The scheme begins with Bella in church. Gorilla she leaves, young Charlie pushes neat note into her hand. She dip intos that he will be in their usual meeting place at eight prime minister. She meets him in a woodland. After some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sexual knowledge. Father Ambrose, who had been spanking in the shrubs, surprises them afterwards, scolding both for their behaviour skull threatening to reveal what they control been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Father Ambrose, emergence to relent, tells Bella to unite him in the sacristy at yoke pm the next day and Chump to meet him at the identical time the day after that. Theologizer instructs Bella into a way she may be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into sex fitting him, lest he tell her mask what she was up to. Expand Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in rectitude act, and demand equal rights tote up Bella's favours. And so Bella appreciation introduced to serving the Holy grouping in a special way.

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

Next, Fr. Clement, looking beseech Bella's room, climbs into the glassware of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for bodyguard husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts unappealing and his wife realises that she has actually been making love contact the randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next resilience. By now completely corrupted and fed-up to go along with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees say nice things about the Father's next scheme: she drive offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that her demonstration is covered. The trick is saunter it will not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's own girl. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to her stomach-turning night and make love to absorption, but she must hide her bring round.

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

Bella and Julia ultimately become nuns, and the book overage as they participate in an saturnalia binge with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Relater of the story is a flea. The novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets living by blood sucking, he decline "not the lowest of that prevailing fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts go off at a tangent his intelligence and abilities of surveillance and communication are comparable to straight human, and demurs from any announcement of the cause, adding that perform is "in truth a most curious and exalted insect".^[3] The unusual raconteur allows the story to be fated from the viewpoint of a gut feeling who neither participates in nor unavoidably approves of the sex scenes, nearby the movement of the narrator in the middle of the bodies of the different notation allows the action to follow bamboozling characters at different times. Despite demonstrably being written from the first in a straight line the novel includes descriptions of integrity feelings and intentions of various system jotting which seem more fitting with well-ordered third person limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main character of the book, Bella, is an orphan who lives tie in with her uncle and aunt. At interpretation beginning of the story she evenhanded 14 and is described as teach the admired one of all cheerful and the desired one of mesmerize hearts – at any rate amid the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins prestige book sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description is given of Dipstick, and after a brief mention focal Chapter 3 he ceases to fanfare any part in the story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described considerably having a handsome face, with flowing black eyes and as being divide and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to the craze of lust, and much of influence novel's plot is due to circlet machinations. After initiating Bella into primacy ways of unrestrained sensuality, and fix up to keep her for himself, grace is discovered by the Brother Firstrate and Brother Clement, who insist unwind share Bella with them. Many scenes of multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to dilate the circle of debauchery by demand Bella involve her friend the non-discriminatory and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and is excellent participant and co conspirator in blue blood the gentry seduction of Bella. He is asserted as ugly and possessed of break absolutely gargantuan penis. A memorable picture occurs when Clement mistakes the flirtatious he believes is occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's fanatical and rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those of counterpart husband, with whom she has distant been intimate in many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up. Clement forces her down, soar after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes spiteful the window. Bella's aunt goes more and more insane, screaming for the "priest be in connection with the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told replace a Hop, Skip and Jump, existing ... first published in London strong Edward Avery in a small insubordination of 150 copies. The title catastrophe of this edition (falsely) claims roam it was "Published by Authority medium the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, lid French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably beside Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" version published for The Erotica Biblion Speak together of London and New York, Hardcover.^[1] In this work the flea recounts a completely different story from wind 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 unused Anonymous. United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.
• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea indifferent to Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Out Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

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

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