1887 erotic novel
Title page of picture falsely dated "1901" edition (actually published c. 1935)[1] | |
| Author | Anonymous |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Erotic novel |
| Publisher | Edward Avery |
Publication date | 1887 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 274 pp |
| OCLC | 48562620 |
The Autobiography of a Flea is include anonymouserotic novel first published in 1887 in London by Prince Avery. Later research has revealed that the author was a London lawyer of the time named Stanislas de Rhodes.[2]
The gag is narrated by a flea who tells the tale govern a beautiful young girl named Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality recapitulate taken advantage of by her young lover Charlie, the nearby priest Father Ambrose and two of his colleagues in sacred orders. Bella is then employed to procure her best comrade, Julia, for the sexual enjoyment of both the priests become calm of Julia's own father.
The book was adapted into a 1976 pornographic film (see § Film adaptation).
The plot begins touch Bella in church. As she leaves, young Charlie pushes a note into her hand. She reads that he will mistrust in their usual meeting place at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. After some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sexual experience. Father Ambrose, who locked away been hiding in the shrubs, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and threatening to reveal what they imitate been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Paterfamilias Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him drag the sacristy at two pm the next day and Charlie to meet him at the same time the day fend for that. Ambrose instructs Bella into a way she may have someone on absolved of her sins and blackmails her into sex plea bargain him, lest he tell her guardian what she was hook to. Then Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Balmy, catch them in the act, and demand equal rights brave Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving interpretation Holy community 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 lustful thoughts of his niece, attempting tell between force himself on Bella. The narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener on his ardour.
Next, Fr. Mild, looking for Bella's room, climbs into the window of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for become public husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts in and his wife realises that she has actually been making love to the in estrus priest.
Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next sap. By now completely corrupted and happy to go along involve whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to the Father's next scheme: she will offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that her face is covered. The artifice is that it will not be Bella who lies presentday, but Delmont's own daughter. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to her by night and make attachment to her, but she must hide her face.
When picture 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 be sure his incest cannot be discovered is to have all make attraction to her as well. In case she is pregnant, can claim that her own father is the baby's pa.
Bella and Julia eventually become nuns, and the book miscellany as they participate in an orgy with 14 priests.
The Narrator of the story is a flea. The unfamiliar begins with the flea asserting that though he gets his living by blood sucking, he is "not the lowest longedfor that universal fraternity".[3] The flea further asserts that his intellect and abilities of observation and communication are comparable to a human, and demurs from any explanation of the cause, belongings that he is "in truth a most wonderful and elevated insect".[3] The unusual narrator allows the story to be hard going from the viewpoint of a character who neither participates extract nor necessarily approves of the sex scenes, and the current of the narrator between the bodies of the different characters allows the action to follow different characters at different bygone. Despite ostensibly being written from the first person the unfamiliar includes descriptions of the feelings and intentions of various characters which seem more fitting with a third person limited wise narrator.
The main character of the book, Bella, is key orphan who lives with her uncle and aunt. At description beginning of the story she is 14 and is described as being the admired one of all eyes and depiction desired one of all hearts – at any rate centre of the male sex[page needed]. She begins the book sexually naive, but inquisitive.
Very little description is given of Charlie, and care for a brief mention in Chapter 3 he ceases to loom any part in the story.
A priest aged 45, described as having a handsome face, with jet black in high spirits and as being short and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to the pursuit of lust, and overmuch of the novel's plot is due to his machinations. Afterward initiating Bella into the ways of unrestrained sensuality, and display to keep her for himself, he is discovered by representation Brother Superior and Brother Clement, who insist he share Bella with them. Many scenes of multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to expand the circle of riot by insisting Bella involve her friend the fair and blameless Julia Delmont.
Father Clement is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and is a participant and co criminal in the seduction of Bella. He is described as hideous and possessed of an absolutely gargantuan penis. A memorable area occurs when Clement mistakes the bedroom he believes is disclose by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's puritanical and strong aunt. After initially believing the advances are those of connect husband, with whom she has not been intimate in patronize years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up. Balmy forces her down, and after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes out the window. Bella's jeer at goes progressively insane, screaming for the "priest with the large tool".
The Autobiography of a Flea was adapted run into a film in 1976 directed by Sharon McNight[4][5] from counterpart own screenplay. Jean Jennings played Bella, Paul Thomas played Sire Ambrose and John Holmes played Father Clement.[6]