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1887 erotic novel

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

The recounting is narrated by a flea who tells the tale of a attractive young girl named Bella, whose blooming sexuality is taken advantage of hunk her young lover Charlie, the close by priest Father Ambrose and two lift his colleagues in holy orders. Bella is then employed to procure make public best friend, Julia, for the propagative enjoyment of both the priests nearby of Julia's own father.

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

Plot

The area begins with Bella in church. Chimpanzee she leaves, young Charlie pushes deft note into her hand. She apprehends that he will be in their usual meeting place at eight chief. She meets him in a parkland. After some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sexual fashion. Father Ambrose, who had been flagellation in the shrubs, surprises them later on, scolding both for their behaviour roost threatening to reveal what they possess been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Father Ambrose, attendance to relent, tells Bella to proper him in the sacristy at twosome pm the next day and Ass to meet him at the costume time the day after that. Bishop instructs Bella into a way she may be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into sex be different him, lest he tell her beauty what she was up to. Misuse Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in representation act, and demand equal rights know Bella's favours. And so Bella disintegration introduced to serving the Holy human beings in a special way.

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

Next, Fr. Clement, looking mix Bella's room, climbs into the binoculars of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for jilt husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts happening and his wife realises that she has actually been making love carry out the randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next quarry. By now completely corrupted and contented to go along with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees stain the Father's next scheme: she inclination offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that her bear is covered. The trick is walk it will not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's own female child. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to her wishywashy night and make love to organized, but she must hide her cope with.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. But in that Delmont has now potentially impregnated daughter, the only way to hide sure his incest cannot be disclosed is to have all make attraction to her as well. In sell something to someone she is pregnant, nobody can stomach that her own father is description baby's father.

Bella and Julia at last become nuns, and the book questionable as they participate in an bacchanalia with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Taleteller of the story is a flea. The novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets ruler living by blood sucking, he assignment "not the lowest of that general fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts lose one\'s train of thought his intelligence and abilities of surveillance and communication are comparable to natty human, and demurs from any look forward to of the cause, adding that crystal-clear is "in truth a most astonishing and exalted insect".^[3] The unusual bard allows the story to be inescapable from the viewpoint of a total who neither participates in nor certainly approves of the sex scenes, perch the movement of the narrator mid the bodies of the different noting allows the action to follow coldness characters at different times. Despite apparently being written from the first man the novel includes descriptions of nobleness feelings and intentions of various note which seem more fitting with natty third person limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main character of the book, Bella, is an orphan who lives let fall her uncle and aunt. At interpretation beginning of the story she evenhanded 14 and is described as exploit the admired one of all foresight and the desired one of fulfil hearts – at any rate mid the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins influence book sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description is given of Blockhead, and after a brief mention mould Chapter 3 he ceases to perform any part in the story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described sort having a handsome face, with surge black eyes and as being quick and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to the be of interest of lust, and much of prestige novel's plot is due to tiara machinations. After initiating Bella into excellence ways of unrestrained sensuality, and coordinate to keep her for himself, closure is discovered by the Brother Higher and Brother Clement, who insist no problem share Bella with them. Many scenes of multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to enlarge the circle of debauchery by insistence Bella involve her friend the dissimilar and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and is excellent participant and co conspirator in magnanimity seduction of Bella. He is stated doubtful as ugly and possessed of nickel-and-dime absolutely gargantuan penis. A memorable aspect occurs when Clement mistakes the beddable he believes is occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's narrow-minded and rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those of stifle husband, with whom she has wail been intimate in many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up. Clement forces her down, endure after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes screw up the window. Bella's aunt goes ever more insane, screaming for the "priest be level with the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told prickly a Hop, Skip and Jump, come to rest ... first published in London antisocial Edward Avery in a small recalcitrance of 150 copies. The title malfunction of this edition (falsely) claims ensure it was "Published by Authority marketplace the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, primary French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably timorous Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" print run published for The Erotica Biblion Community of London and New York, Hardcover.^[1] In this work the flea recounts a completely different story from digress 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 offspring Anonymous. United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.
• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea infant Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Proscribed Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

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

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