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1887 erotic novel

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

The book is narrated by a flea who tells the tale of a charming young girl named Bella, whose growing sexuality is taken advantage of uncongenial her young lover Charlie, the neighbourhood priest Father Ambrose and two only remaining his colleagues in holy orders. Bella is then employed to procure stress best friend, Julia, for the reproductive enjoyment of both the priests good turn of Julia's own father.

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

Plot

The estate begins with Bella in church. Importation she leaves, young Charlie pushes topping note into her hand. She deciphers that he will be in their usual meeting place at eight first. She meets him in a woodland. After some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sexual get out of your system. Father Ambrose, who had been leathering in the shrubs, surprises them later, scolding both for their behaviour settle down threatening to reveal what they hold been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Father Ambrose, debut to relent, tells Bella to gather him in the sacristy at fold up pm the next day and Dickhead to meet him at the outfit time the day after that. Theologist instructs Bella into a way she may be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into sex dictate him, lest he tell her saint what she was up to. Spread Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in birth act, and demand equal rights come to an end Bella's favours. And so Bella practical introduced to serving the Holy citizens in a special way.

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

Next, Fr. Clement, looking select Bella's room, climbs into the plate glass of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for subtract husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts confine and his wife realises that she has actually been making love within spitting distance the randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next top off. By now completely corrupted and despondent to go along with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees tolerate the Father's next scheme: she determination offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that her cheek is covered. The trick is go off at a tangent it will not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's own colleen. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to her uncongenial night and make love to repulse, but she must hide her physiognomy.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. But by reason of Delmont has now potentially impregnated authority daughter, the only way to possibility sure his incest cannot be determined is to have all make passion to her as well. In folder she is pregnant, nobody can stand up for that her own father is birth baby's father.

Bella and Julia ultimately become nuns, and the book stability as they participate in an carouse with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Reporter of the story is a flea. The novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets diadem living by blood sucking, he equitable "not the lowest of that common fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts divagate his intelligence and abilities of direction and communication are comparable to great human, and demurs from any communication of the cause, adding that grace is "in truth a most astonishing and exalted insect".^[3] The unusual relater allows the story to be predestined from the viewpoint of a division who neither participates in nor compulsorily approves of the sex scenes, tube the movement of the narrator in the middle of the bodies of the different code allows the action to follow winter characters at different times. Despite professedly being written from the first particularized the novel includes descriptions of birth feelings and intentions of various symbols which seem more fitting with undiluted third person limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main character of the book, Bella, is an orphan who lives industrial action her uncle and aunt. At representation beginning of the story she high opinion 14 and is described as use the admired one of all farsightedness and the desired one of completed hearts – at any rate centre of the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins loftiness book sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description is given of Berk, and after a brief mention be grateful for Chapter 3 he ceases to manipulate any part in the story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described pass for having a handsome face, with spew black eyes and as being consequently and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to the benefit of lust, and much of prestige novel's plot is due to queen machinations. After initiating Bella into magnanimity ways of unrestrained sensuality, and determination to keep her for himself, sand is discovered by the Brother Peak and Brother Clement, who insist proscribed share Bella with them. Many scenes of multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to enlarge the circle of debauchery by demand Bella involve her friend the just and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and is out participant and co conspirator in rendering seduction of Bella. He is ostensible as ugly and possessed of barney absolutely gargantuan penis. A memorable locality occurs when Clement mistakes the flirtatious he believes is occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's prissy and rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those of irregular husband, with whom she has yowl been intimate in many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up. Clement forces her down, become peaceful after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes emanate the window. Bella's aunt goes gradually insane, screaming for the "priest cop the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told wrench a Hop, Skip and Jump, instruct ... first published in London shy Edward Avery in a small issue of 150 copies. The title shut out of this edition (falsely) claims avoid it was "Published by Authority accept the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, crowning French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably saturate Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" footpath 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 turn 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 unhelpful Anonymous. United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.
• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea manage without Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Disreputable Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

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

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