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 Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, also known as Fanny Hill, is a novel by John Cleland. Written in 1748 while Cleland was in debtor's prison in London, it is considered the first modern "erotic novel" in English, and has become a byword for the battle of... 
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 Variety Fanny Hill.(Theater review)
02/27/2006: 792 words, approx. 3 pages FANNY HILL (YORK THEATER COMPANY; 178 SEATS; $55 TOP) NEW YORK A York Theater Company presentation of a musical in two acts by Ed Dixon, based on the novel by John Cleland. Directed by James Brennan. Music direction, Stan Tucker. Sets and costumes,... summary from source:
The Daily Mail (London, England) Fanny Hill's Final Secret.
10/12/2007: 2,091 words, approx. 7 pages Byline: Tony rennell ON THIS occasion, the earth moved quite literally. In 1750, severe landtremors struck London, rattling the chinaware in rich houses, toppling oldbuildings and chimneys in slum quarters, and causing thousands of the city'sinhabitants to flee from the metropolis to safety... summary from source:
 AP-Travel Online U.S. Ski Resorts Use More 'Green' Power
10/30/2006: 892 words, approx. 3 pages Visitors to many ski areas this winter will find cleaner air and better views of mountain landscapes. Not only are ski resorts pushing legislation in Washington to combat global warming, at least 45 resorts in... summary from source:
The New York Observer You\'d5ll Know It When You See It
12/3/2006: 982 words, approx. 3 pagesJohn Ruskin, the English art critic, never consummated his marriage because on his wedding night, he discovered with revulsion that his wife’s pubis did not present the smooth, polished surface of a Greek statue, but was instead covered with hair. Ho ho ho, we laugh,...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by William H. Epstein
9,630 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following excerpt, Epstein discusses the possible sources for the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, including both classical and contemporary texts as well as Cleland's own experience with the social and ethical standards of mid-eighteenth-century England.
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Critical Essay by Leo Braudy
9,340 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Braudy suggests that Cleland's Fanny Hill was influenced by the materialism that was part of the most advanced philosophic thought of Cleland's time.
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Critical Essay by Nancy K. Miller
7,385 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following excerpt, Miller argues that Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Fanny Hill) can be interpreted as a female Bildungsroman in the tradition of other apprenticeship or coming-of-age novels popular in the eighteenth century.
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