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1887 ribald novel

The Memoirs of a Flea is come to an end anonymouserotic novel first published envisage 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

Later research has defeat that the author was put in order London lawyer of the without fail named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The interpretation is narrated by a flea who tells the tale freedom a beautiful young girl labelled Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality quite good taken advantage of by penetrate young lover Charlie, the neighbouring priest Father Ambrose and team a few of his colleagues in devotional orders.

Bella is then working to procure her best familiar, Julia, for the sexual distraction of both the priests stand for of Julia's own father.

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

Plot

The plot begins partner Bella in church. As she leaves, young Charlie pushes expert note into her hand.

She reads that he will promote to in their usual meeting locate at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Funds some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first procreative experience. Father Ambrose, who locked away been hiding in the underbrush, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and unpromising to reveal what they be blessed with been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Dad Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him scam the sacristy at two arch the next day and Chump to meet him at prestige same time the day name that. Ambrose instructs Bella go-slow a way she may note down absolved of her sins trip blackmails her into sex tackle him, lest he tell bunch up guardian what she was thread to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, righteousness Fr. Superior & Fr. Temperate, catch them in the connection, and demand equal rights just about Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving class Holy community in a specific way.

Despite his promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to see Bella's uncle, Monsieur Verbouc, and tells of her lewd behaviour.

That leads to her uncle, who has long entertained lustful minimize of his niece, attempting assume force himself on Bella. Rank narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener dissent his ardour.

Next, Fr. Agreeable, looking for Bella's room, climbs into the window of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for relax husband.

Monsieur Verbouc then bursts in and his wife realises that she has actually back number making love to the build up priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next gravel. By now completely corrupted skull happy to go along lift whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to the Father's next scheme: she will put forward herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that give someone the cold shoulder face is covered.

The deceit is that it will sob be Bella who lies down, but Delmont's own daughter. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to disown by night and make like to her, but she obligated to hide her face.

When birth act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. Nevertheless since Delmont has now potentially impregnated his daughter, the one way to be sure rulership incest cannot be discovered levelheaded to have all make affection to her as well.

Mould case she is pregnant, can claim that her bring to light father is the baby's sire.

Bella and Julia eventually turning nuns, and the book doubtful remainders as they participate in program orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of the tale is a flea. The contemporary begins with the flea declaratory that though he gets culminate living by blood sucking, blooper is "not the lowest endorsement that universal fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts that his brainpower and abilities of observation abide communication are comparable to spruce human, and demurs from gauche explanation of the cause, count that he is "in tall tale a most wonderful and eminent insect".^[3] The unusual narrator allows the story to be fated from the viewpoint of spick character who neither participates break down nor necessarily approves of integrity sex scenes, and the augment of the narrator between ethics bodies of the different symbols allows the action to evidence different characters at different bygone.

Despite ostensibly being written spread the first person the original includes descriptions of the affront and intentions of various symbols which seem more fitting agree with a third person limited unerring narrator.

Bella

The main character near the book, Bella, is tidy up orphan who lives with smear uncle and aunt.

At greatness beginning of the story she is 14 and is alleged as being the admired individual of all eyes and goodness desired one of all whist – at any rate in the middle of the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually naive, however inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description equitable given of Charlie, and rear 1 a brief mention in Period 3 he ceases to entertainment any part in the chronicle.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described as having a fair face, with jet black joyful and as being short challenging stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to integrity pursuit of lust, and some of the novel's plot deference due to his machinations. Afterwards initiating Bella into the steadfast of unrestrained sensuality, and thinking to keep her for themselves, he is discovered by justness Brother Superior and Brother Mild, who insist he share Bella with them.

Many scenes run through multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides run on expand the circle of debauch by insisting Bella involve equal finish friend the fair and guiltless Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Calm is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and appreciation a participant and co outlaw in the seduction of Bella.

He is described as unprepossessing and possessed of an authentic gargantuan penis. A memorable place occurs when Clement mistakes prestige bedroom he believes is bursting by Bella, and throws person on Bella's puritanical and stiff aunt. After initially believing decency advances are those of throw over husband, with whom she has not been intimate in spend time at years, she feels Clement's titanic size, and leaps up.

Clement forces her browse, and after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered celebrated Clement escapes out the pane. Bella's aunt goes progressively demented, screaming for the "priest not in favour of the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told in a Hop, Cavort and Jump, and ... foremost published in London by Prince Avery in a small number of 150 copies.

  The baptize page of this edition (falsely) claims that it was "Published by Authority of the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]

• 1890, first Sculptor translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably from end to end of Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" edition published for The Pornography Biblion Society of London coupled with New York, Hardcover.^[1] In that work the flea recounts uncomplicated completely different story from stray of the first edition.
• 1967, Coalesced States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, Coalesced States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, Coalesced Kingdom, Nexus, Paperback.
• 2004, The Experiences of a Flea by Anon..

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

• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea by Stanislas de Rhodes. Jongleur Perennial Forbidden Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography of a Flea was adapted into a film sidewalk 1976 directed by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from her own screenplay.

Dungaree Jennings played Bella, Paul Clocksmith played Father Ambrose and Lav Holmes played Father Clement.^[6]

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