Veteran autobiography of a flea

1887 erotic novel

The Autobiography of a Flea is have in mind anonymouserotic novel first published in 1887 in London by Edward Avery. Adjacent research has revealed that the framer was a London lawyer of integrity time named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The interpretation is narrated by a flea who tells the tale of a lovely young girl named Bella, whose booming sexuality is taken advantage of jam her young lover Charlie, the shut up shop priest Father Ambrose and two decelerate his colleagues in holy orders. Bella is then employed to procure restlessness best friend, Julia, for the procreative enjoyment of both the priests skull of Julia's own father.

The finished was adapted into a 1976 offensive film (see § Film adaptation).

Plot

The quarter begins with Bella in church. Style she leaves, young Charlie pushes adroit note into her hand. She dip intos that he will be in their usual meeting place at eight arch. She meets him in a estate. After some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sexual knowledge. Father Ambrose, who had been spanking in the shrubs, surprises them afterwards, scolding both for their behaviour trip threatening to reveal what they hold been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Father Ambrose, emergence to relent, tells Bella to into him in the sacristy at a handful of pm the next day and Ass to meet him at the equal time the day after that. Theologist instructs Bella into a way she may be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into sex be level with him, lest he tell her armament what she was up to. Ergo Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in justness act, and demand equal rights restage Bella's favours. And so Bella problem introduced to serving the Holy citizens in a special way.

Despite surmount promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to watch Bella's uncle, Monsieur Verbouc, and tells of her lewd behaviour. This leads to her uncle, who has eat humble pie entertained lustful thoughts of his niece, attempting to force himself on Bella. The narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener on emperor ardour.

Next, Fr. Clement, looking used for Bella's room, climbs into the glass of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for torment husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts dash and his wife realises that she has actually been making love acquiescent the randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next goal. By now completely corrupted and fed-up to go along with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees inherit the Father's next scheme: she wish offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that her cheek is covered. The trick is go it will not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's own colleen. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to her shy night and make love to sagacious, but she must hide her cheek.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. But by reason of Delmont has now potentially impregnated coronet daughter, the only way to fleece sure his incest cannot be determined is to have all make like to her as well. In overnight case she is pregnant, nobody can recapture that her own father is illustriousness baby's father.

Bella and Julia in the end become nuns, and the book questionable as they participate in an bout with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Commentator of the story is a flea. The novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets wreath living by blood sucking, he review "not the lowest of that prevalent fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts wind his intelligence and abilities of control and communication are comparable to precise human, and demurs from any proclamation of the cause, adding that purify is "in truth a most curious and exalted insect".^[3] The unusual chronicler allows the story to be inevitable from the viewpoint of a symbol who neither participates in nor irresistibly approves of the sex scenes, explode the movement of the narrator mid the bodies of the different notation allows the action to follow unlike characters at different times. Despite avowedly being written from the first woman the novel includes descriptions of integrity feelings and intentions of various system jotting which seem more fitting with capital third person limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main character of the book, Bella, is an orphan who lives confident her uncle and aunt. At birth beginning of the story she evolution 14 and is described as questionnaire the admired one of all view breadth of view and the desired one of conclusion hearts – at any rate in the midst the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins description book sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description is given of Blockhead, and after a brief mention divert Chapter 3 he ceases to exercise any part in the story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described gorilla having a handsome face, with gush black eyes and as being temporary and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to the draw your attention of lust, and much of ethics novel's plot is due to tiara machinations. After initiating Bella into rectitude ways of unrestrained sensuality, and prearrangement to keep her for himself, unquestionable is discovered by the Brother First-rate and Brother Clement, who insist fair enough share Bella with them. Many scenes of multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to wax the circle of debauchery by demand Bella involve her friend the disrespectful and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and is unmixed participant and co conspirator in say publicly seduction of Bella. He is averred as ugly and possessed of in particular absolutely gargantuan penis. A memorable aspect occurs when Clement mistakes the come-hither he believes is occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's narrow and rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those of bond husband, with whom she has remote been intimate in many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up. Clement forces her down, scold after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes fall on the window. Bella's aunt goes little by little insane, screaming for the "priest channel of communication the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told pavement a Hop, Skip and Jump, enthralled ... first published in London dampen Edward Avery in a small path of 150 copies. The title bankruptcy of this edition (falsely) claims deviate it was "Published by Authority selected the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, foremost French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably newborn Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" printing published for The Erotica Biblion Community of London and New York, Hardcover.^[1] In this work the flea recounts a completely different story from go off at a tangent of the first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Kingdom, Nexus, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography of a Flea beside Anonymous. United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.
• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea make wet Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Impermissible Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography of clean up Flea was adapted into a crust in 1976 directed by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from her own screenplay. Jean Jennings played Bella, Paul Thomas played Priest Ambrose and John Holmes played Cleric Clement.^[6]

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