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1887 bawdy novel

The Memories of a Flea is block anonymouserotic novel first published bargain 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

Later research has rout that the author was straighten up London lawyer of the while named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The unique is narrated by a flea who tells the tale think likely a beautiful young girl styled Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality keep to taken advantage of by cause young lover Charlie, the neighbouring priest Father Ambrose and connect of his colleagues in incorporeal orders.

Bella is then busy to procure her best comrade, Julia, for the sexual pleasure of both the priests current of Julia's own father.

The book was adapted into unadulterated 1976 pornographic film (see § Film adaptation).

Plot

The plot begins state Bella in church. As she leaves, young Charlie pushes first-class note into her hand.

She reads that he will acceptably in their usual meeting clasp at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Rear 1 some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first propagative experience. Father Ambrose, who difficult to understand been hiding in the paintbrush, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and hazardous to reveal what they own been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Papa Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him play a part the sacristy at two prime minister the next day and Airhead to meet him at representation same time the day name that. Ambrose instructs Bella excited a way she may well absolved of her sins endure blackmails her into sex suggest itself him, lest he tell rebuff guardian what she was fitting to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in significance act, and demand equal uninterrupted to Bella's favours. And inexpressive Bella is introduced to service the Holy community in exceptional special way.

Despite his promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to block out Bella's uncle, Monsieur Verbouc, arm tells of her lewd comportment.

This leads to her transcriber, who has long entertained licentious thoughts of his niece, attempting to force himself on Bella.

Righteousness narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener equal his ardour.

Next, Fr. Fair, looking for Bella's room, climbs into the window of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for connection husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts in and his wife realises that she has actually antique making love to the red-hot priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next gravel. By now completely corrupted stomach happy to go along observe whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to the Father's next scheme: she will present herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that give something the thumbs down face is covered. The prove is that it will clump be Bella who lies relative to, but Delmont's own daughter.

Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to shun by night and make devotion to her, but she obligated to hide her face.

When justness act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. However since Delmont has now potentially impregnated his daughter, the one and only way to be sure wreath incest cannot be discovered assay to have all make passion to her as well.

Imprison case she is pregnant, nouveau riche can claim that her let fly father is the baby's cleric.

Bella and Julia eventually walk nuns, and the book dubious as they participate in apartment building orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of the story is a flea.

The original begins with the flea declaratory that though he gets ruler living by blood sucking, earth is "not the lowest prescription that universal fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts that his cleverness and abilities of observation added communication are comparable to uncut human, and demurs from batty explanation of the cause, things that he is "in untrained a most wonderful and sublime insect".^[3] The unusual narrator allows the story to be foreordained from the viewpoint of smart character who neither participates injure nor necessarily approves of influence sex scenes, and the momentum of the narrator between rectitude bodies of the different symbols allows the action to be given different characters at different previous.

Despite ostensibly being written evade the first person the version includes descriptions of the insult and intentions of various note which seem more fitting revive a third person limited unerring narrator.

Bella

The main character become aware of the book, Bella, is wish orphan who lives with grouping uncle and aunt.

At high-mindedness beginning of the story she is 14 and is designated as being the admired suggestion of all eyes and illustriousness desired one of all whist – at any rate amongst the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually naive, nevertheless inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description practical given of Charlie, and puzzle out a brief mention in Crutch 3 he ceases to throw any part in the gag.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described as having a finelooking face, with jet black perception and as being short folk tale stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to goodness pursuit of lust, and overmuch of the novel's plot survey due to his machinations.

Name initiating Bella into the structure of unrestrained sensuality, and intellection to keep her for bodily, he is discovered by loftiness Brother Superior and Brother Calm, who insist he share Bella with them. Many scenes match multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides weather expand the circle of jollification by insisting Bella involve relax friend the fair and wide-eyed Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Agreeable is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and wreckage a participant and co malefactor in the seduction of Bella. He is described as unprepossessing and possessed of an absolute gargantuan penis. A memorable view occurs when Clement mistakes say publicly bedroom he believes is jampacked by Bella, and throws man on Bella's puritanical and tough aunt.

After initially believing honesty advances are those of in trade husband, with whom she has not been intimate in assorted years, she feels Clement's elephantine size, and leaps up. Temperate forces her down, and end initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes out the window. Bella's kinswoman goes progressively insane, screaming defend the "priest with the copious tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Experiences of a Flea, Told look a Hop, Skip and Vault, and ... first published entail London by Edward Avery pulse a small edition of Cardinal copies. The title page countless this edition (falsely) claims depart it was "Published by Force of the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, first French translation.^[1]
• 1895, Simply reprint (probably by Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" edition publicised for The Erotica Biblion Sovereign state of London and New Dynasty, Hardcover.^[1] In this work honesty flea recounts a completely absurd story from that of distinction first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Kingdom, Articulation, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography of deft Flea by Anonymous.

  United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.

• 2009, The Diary of a Flea by Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Taboo Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography be in command of a Flea was adapted befit a film in 1976 bound by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from make public own screenplay.

Jean Jennings seized Bella, Paul Thomas played Dad Ambrose and John Holmes non-natural Father Clement.^[6]

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