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Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
by John Cleland
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rating: 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars
bookshelves: love-and-other-indoor-sports
recommended for: emily and other aficionadas of filthy, filthy, lovely filthy filth

They should make me Education Secretary. I'd make Fanny Hill required reading in freshman English classes across the country, thus instantly solving our country's illiteracy problem and instilling an abiding love of literature in our nation's young citizens.

I miss my copy of this book! I'd never heard of it before when I found it in a box on the sidewalk in Park Slope a few years ago, and had no idea what a lovely filthy treasure I had just unearthed.... I hope Lindsey enjoyed my edition of this venerable classic, and I REALLY hope her mom never found it under her mattress.
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message 1: by matthew
10/15/2007 11:30AM

74277 is it really that dirty? it's so old. i'm amazed you'd never heard of it. again, though - sex books (you like 'em).

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message 2: by Jessica
10/15/2007 01:10PM

419287 YES! It's really THAT dirty!!!

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message 3: by matthew
10/15/2007 01:26PM

74277 crazy.

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message 4: by Loren
05/03/2008 07:45AM

23800 I LOVED this, too - in large part because yes, it is that dirty. I'm so glad another Goodreads friend feels this way, too.

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message 5: by matthew
05/03/2008 01:06PM

74277 ugh. i recently read a parody (though a loving one) of this, and was disgusted. i am a puritan.

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message 6: by Koeeoaddi
05/03/2008 06:01PM

321764 I thrill
To any book like Fanny Hill
And I suppose I always will
If it is swill
And really fil-
thy


-- obligatory Tom Lehrer


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