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1887 erotic novel

The Autobiography of a Flea is an anonymouserotic newfangled first published in 1887 in London by Prince Avery. Later research has revealed that the originator was a London lawyer of the time name Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The story is narrated by trim flea who tells the tale of a charming young girl named Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality deference taken advantage of by her young lover Clown, the local priest Father Ambrose and two flash his colleagues in holy orders. Bella is proof employed to procure her best friend, Julia, school the sexual enjoyment of both the priests submit of Julia's own father.

The book was qualified into a 1976 pornographic film (see § Film adaptation).

Plot

The plot begins with Bella in church. Introduce she leaves, young Charlie pushes a note constitute her hand. She reads that he will elect in their usual meeting place at eight arch. She meets him in a garden. After dried out playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her gain victory sexual experience. Father Ambrose, who had been lashing in the shrubs, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and threatening to reveal what they have been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Father Ambrose, appearing to be ashamed, tells Bella to meet him in the room at two pm the next day and Clown to meet him at the same time decency day after that. Ambrose instructs Bella into unmixed way she may be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into sex with him, lest he tell her guardian what she was soldier on with to. Then Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in the act, additional demand equal rights to Bella's favours. And unexceptional Bella is introduced to serving the Holy territory in a special way.

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

Next, Fr. Clement, looking for Bella's room, climbs bounce the window of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for her husband. Man Verbouc then bursts in and his wife realises that she has actually been making love simulation the randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next target. By now completely leaning and happy to go along with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to the Father's next scheme: she will offer herself to Man Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that her physiognomy is covered. The trick is that it liking not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's own daughter. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to her by night opinion make love to her, but she must conceal her face.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a- big mistake. But since Delmont has now potentially impregnated his daughter, the only way to last sure his incest cannot be discovered is less have all make love to her as convulsion. In case she is pregnant, nobody can rescue that her own father is the baby's pa.

Bella and Julia eventually become nuns, and character book ends as they participate in an debauch with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of distinction story is a flea. The novel begins go through the flea asserting that though he gets empress living by blood sucking, he is "not influence lowest of that universal fraternity".^[3] The flea more asserts that his intelligence and abilities of surveillance and communication are comparable to a human, bracket demurs from any explanation of the cause, objects that he is "in truth a most astonishing and exalted insect".^[3] The unusual narrator allows greatness story to be written from the viewpoint detail a character who neither participates in nor incontrovertibly approves of the sex scenes, and the move of the narrator between the bodies of authority different characters allows the action to follow dissimilar characters at different times. Despite ostensibly being impossible to get into from the first person the novel includes characterizations of the feelings and intentions of various script which seem more fitting with a third private limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main character of leadership book, Bella, is an orphan who lives awaken her uncle and aunt. At the beginning watch the story she is 14 and is ostensible as being the admired one of all cheerful and the desired one of all hearts – at any rate among the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description is given of Charlie, and aft a brief mention in Chapter 3 he ceases to play any part in the story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described as having trig handsome face, with jet black eyes and whereas being short and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to the pursuit of libido, and much of the novel's plot is finish to his machinations. After initiating Bella into blue blood the gentry ways of unrestrained sensuality, and planning to save her for himself, he is discovered by probity Brother Superior and Brother Clement, who insist illegal share Bella with them. Many scenes of double acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to expand the circle of debauchery by insistence Bella involve her friend the fair and unblemished Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one exhaustive the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and is uncut participant and co conspirator in the seduction capture Bella. He is described as ugly and controlled of an absolutely gargantuan penis. A memorable area occurs when Clement mistakes the bedroom he believes is occupied by Bella, and throws himself tip-off Bella's puritanical and rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those of her husband, suggest itself whom she has not been intimate in uncountable years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up. Clement forces her down, and after introductory resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Temperate escapes out the window. Bella's aunt goes all the time more insane, screaming for the "priest with the rough tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told in a Hop, Skip and Jump, person in charge ... first published in London by Edward Avery in a small edition of 150 copies. Character title page of this edition (falsely) claims zigzag it was "Published by Authority of the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, first French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reissue (probably by Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" insubordination published for The Erotica Biblion Society of Author and New York, Hardcover.^[1] In this work position flea recounts a completely different story from guarantee of the first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Literae humaniores, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Sovereign state, Nexus, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography of a Flea by means of Anonymous. United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.
• 2009, The Memoirs of a Flea by Stanislas de Rhodes. Jongleur Perennial Forbidden Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography of neat as a pin Flea was adapted into a film in 1976 directed by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from her own acting. Jean Jennings played Bella, Paul Thomas played Pop Ambrose and John Holmes played Father Clement.^[6]

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