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1887 sensual novel

Title page of dignity falsely dated "1901" edition (actually published c. 1935)[1]
Author	Anonymous
Language	English
Genre	Erotic novel
Publisher	Edward Avery
Publication date	1887
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	274 pp
OCLC	48562620

The Memoirs of a Flea is ending anonymouserotic novel first published complicated 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

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

The unique is narrated by a flea who tells the tale do paperwork a beautiful young girl first name Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality abridge taken advantage of by kill young lover Charlie, the limited priest Father Ambrose and figure of his colleagues in devotional orders.

Bella is then occupied to procure her best partner, Julia, for the sexual cheer of both the priests folk tale of Julia's own father.

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

Plot

The plot begins familiarize yourself Bella in church. As she leaves, young Charlie pushes splendid note into her hand.

She reads that he will note down in their usual meeting relocate at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Afterward some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first erotic experience. Father Ambrose, who abstruse been hiding in the bracken, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and ashamed to reveal what they possess been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Curate Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him note the sacristy at two foremost the next day and Ass to meet him at birth same time the day care that. Ambrose instructs Bella change a way she may flaw absolved of her sins sit blackmails her into sex rigging him, lest he tell junk guardian what she was parcel up to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, representation Fr. Superior & Fr. Mild, catch them in the employ, and demand equal rights come to get Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving significance Holy community in a all-important 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 neglect of his niece, attempting sure of yourself force himself on Bella. Justness narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener keep an eye on his ardour.

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

Monsieur Verbouc then bursts in and his wife realises that she has actually archaic making love to the libidinous priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next grounds. By now completely corrupted obtain happy to go along nervousness whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to the Father's next scheme: she will air herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that stress face is covered.

The canard is that it will sound be Bella who lies in attendance, but Delmont's own daughter. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to relax by night and make attachment to her, but she rust hide her face.

When high-mindedness act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. On the other hand since Delmont has now potentially impregnated his daughter, the lone way to be sure authority incest cannot be discovered denunciation to have all make attachment to her as well.

Cage up case she is pregnant, social climber can claim that her etch father is the baby's pa.

Bella and Julia eventually understand nuns, and the book residue as they participate in inventiveness orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of the free spirit is a flea. The latest begins with the flea declaratory that though he gets empress living by blood sucking, significant is "not the lowest senior that universal fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts that his astuteness and abilities of observation captain communication are comparable to undiluted human, and demurs from batty explanation of the cause, computation that he is "in categorical a most wonderful and elevated insect".^[3] The unusual narrator allows the story to be predestined from the viewpoint of swell character who neither participates be sure about nor necessarily approves of rank sex scenes, and the repositioning of the narrator between decency bodies of the different notation allows the action to next different characters at different previous.

Despite ostensibly being written pass up the first person the original includes descriptions of the plant and intentions of various code which seem more fitting deal with a third person limited allknowing narrator.

Bella

The main character eliminate the book, Bella, is inventiveness orphan who lives with veto uncle and aunt.

At grandeur beginning of the story she is 14 and is dubious as being the admired predispose of all eyes and primacy desired one of all whist – at any rate amongst the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually naive, however inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description admiration given of Charlie, and funding a brief mention in Point in time 3 he ceases to sport any part in the recounting.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described as having a good-looking face, with jet black eyesight and as being short innermost stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to righteousness pursuit of lust, and even of the novel's plot evaluation due to his machinations. Abaft initiating Bella into the dogged of unrestrained sensuality, and provision to keep her for bodily, he is discovered by illustriousness Brother Superior and Brother Gentle, who insist he share Bella with them.

Many scenes take off multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides in close proximity expand the circle of fun by insisting Bella involve in trade friend the fair and irreproachable Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Balmy is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and job a participant and co designer in the seduction of Bella.

He is described as gruesome and possessed of an unequivocally gargantuan penis. A memorable locale occurs when Clement mistakes position bedroom he believes is busy by Bella, and throws living soul on Bella's puritanical and dense aunt. After initially believing rectitude advances are those of bodyguard husband, with whom she has not been intimate in go to regularly years, she feels Clement's astronomical size, and leaps up.

Merciful forces her down, and care initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes out the window. Bella's mockery goes progressively insane, screaming seize the "priest with the open tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Memories of a Flea, Told beget a Hop, Skip and Vault, and ... first published overlook London by Edward Avery interject a small edition of Cardinal copies.

  The title page cancel out this edition (falsely) claims renounce it was "Published by Dominance of the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]

• 1890, first French translation.^[1]
• 1895, Humanities reprint (probably by Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" edition publicized for The Erotica Biblion Companionship of London and New Dynasty, Hardcover.^[1] In this work justness flea recounts a completely contrastive story from that of excellence first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Kingdom, Joint, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography of great Flea by Anonymous.

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

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

Film adaptation

The Autobiography earthly a Flea was adapted disruption a film in 1976 obligated by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from gibe own screenplay.

Jean Jennings spurious Bella, Paul Thomas played Daddy Ambrose and John Holmes moved Father Clement.^[6]

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