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Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure

John Cleland

Subject : Fanny Hill

Frances Hill , nicknamed Fanny is the main character of the story . The approach of the story is biographical presented through a letter (not really a correspondence since Fanny only allude to a communication or an sent to her by a person she only addressed as Madam ' in her salutation . Fanny , as evidenced with her coming from the countryside ( small village near Liverpool , in Lancashire ) still carries that quaint modesty , even apologetic of her situation or profession

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the start of her narrative , there was a necessity to mention her parents , although those lines weren 't so interesting with her countenance . She mentioned that they are poor but honest , having a father (name not mentioned ) who makes the nets settled down to that trade because of an injury . On the other hand , her mother (name not mentioned , whom Fanny said runs a day-school for the neighborhood , who taught her the basics (reading , writing and some female ' work ) as well as the virtues ( a timidity . Fanny mentioned that she has siblings but she 's the only who survived , all having died young

By the age of 15 , her parents died of smallpox father first then her mother whose death was coupled by grief . Since her parents came to that area by accident , there are no relatives to take care of her now that she 's orphaned . Her journey into the world of pleasure started here

Object : Her Feelings towards Other People

Her first benefactor ' is Esther Davis , who carried her to London providing all the necessary things for her on the journey promising her for work in the city . At first Fanny was fond of her because of her generosity , only to find later that the latter will leave her alone Esther , theless advised Fanny to go the so called Intelligence Office ' to inquire for work

At the Office , Fanny met Mrs . Brown who promised her work as a companion ' in her house . Fanny too found her likable but when Mrs Brown presented her to an old man (Mr . Croft , she later dreaded . Her room-mate , Phoebe opened Fanny 's sexual desires through woman-woman intercourse ' and peeping at people having sex (Mrs . Brown and a beau and others . Fanny didn 't mentioned disliking her although she left Phoebe to escape with Charles , whom Fanny loved so much - the first man to break into her (first sexual intercourse with a man ) with passion and sensuality . Eleven months after , Charles was tricked and carried on overseas , leaving the pregnant Fanny - she thought Charles will not return grief-stricken , she had a miscarriage

The landlady of the House whom Fanny and Charles live , disposed of her by presenting her to Mr . H--- (Fanny felt ill with that woman also after the disappearance of Charles . Mr . H--- transferred Fanny to a new residence , giving her all her needs but kept as a mistress - a situation she find necessary (she didn 't feel any...