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Antonio Gallo
Erotismo inglese per educande ...

Il più famoso romanzo erotico inglese del settecento ambientato in una Londra del XVIII secolo. La protagonosta Fanny perde la sua "innocenza" all'età di 15 anni e impara a sfruttare le proprie grazie per sopravvivere e farsi strada nel mondo. John Cleland non usa tutta la farina del suo sacco narrativo inglese. Trae ispirazione, infatti, dalla moda francese per la narrativa erotica del tempo. E non poteva essere diversamente! La tendenza è il genere in voga allo
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Suvi
Amusing and entertaining, with tons of euphemisms. More direct than I initially thought, but it never gets tacky, because the language is poetic and beautiful (which people who are focused too much on getting shocked by the steamy porn scenes may miss). I will never again think that 18th century literature is dry.
Yi-Sheng
May 05, 2007 rated it really liked it
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Jayme Pendergraft
Jul 18, 2008 rated it it was ok
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jennifer
Aug 06, 2008 rated it liked it
Suzanne
Sep 08, 2008 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Laura
Dec 16, 2009 marked it as maybe-not
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Terri FL
Sep 20, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Rachel
Mar 27, 2011 marked it as to-read
Georgia Carvalho
Jun 06, 2011 rated it it was ok
Dana Arbelaez
Nov 09, 2012 rated it really liked it
Tanya
Jul 08, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Monica W.
Sep 01, 2013 marked it as to-read
Ayda Akça  Akkoç
Mar 24, 2014 marked it as to-read
Sk888888
Sep 02, 2015 rated it it was ok
Joseph
Apr 08, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Keeley
Jan 14, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Apr 13, 2019 marked it as to-read
Phoebe
Mar 24, 2023 marked it as to-read
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