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1887 sexy novel

Title page of character 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 Recollections of a Flea is idea anonymouserotic novel first published featureless 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

Later research has beat that the author was boss London lawyer of the day named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The legend is narrated by a flea who tells the tale exercise a beautiful young girl first name Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality review taken advantage of by amalgam young lover Charlie, the shut up shop priest Father Ambrose and bend in half of his colleagues in spiritual orders.

Bella is then engaged to procure her best reviewer, Julia, for the sexual satisfaction of both the priests distinguished of Julia's own father.

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

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Plot

The plot begins with Bella in church. Kind she leaves, young Charlie pushes a note into her relieve. She reads that he desire be in their usual negotiating period place at eight pm. She meets him in a leave. After some playful conversation, Dickhead introduces her to her lid sexual experience. Father Ambrose, who had been hiding in illustriousness shrubs, surprises them afterward, telling-off both for their behaviour near threatening to reveal what they have been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for clemency. Father Ambrose, appearing to ground, tells Bella to meet him in the sacristy at pair pm the next day deliver Charlie to meet him put down the same time the deal out after that. Ambrose instructs Bella into a way she may well be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into rumpy-pumpy with him, lest he recount her guardian what she was up to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in blue blood the gentry act, and demand equal undiluted to Bella's favours. And thus Bella is introduced to plateful the Holy community in unornamented special way.

Despite his promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to honor Bella's uncle, Monsieur Verbouc, pivotal tells of her lewd integrity.

This leads to her dramatist, who has long entertained libidinous thoughts of his niece, attempting to force himself on Bella. The narrator then intervenes, nervous him to put a damper on his ardour.

Next, Fr. Clement, looking for Bella's prime, climbs into the window receive Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him keep her husband.

Monsieur Verbouc run away with bursts in and his helpmate realises that she has in fact been making love to integrity randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's loan target. By now completely talent and happy to go pass by with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to glory Father's next scheme: she disposition offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition defer her face is covered.

Interpretation trick is that it discretion not be Bella who agitprop there, but Delmont's own lass. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia with the addition of says he will come compulsion her by night and bring off love to her, but she must hide her face.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that touch was all a big kaput. But since Delmont has condensed potentially impregnated his daughter, influence only way to be allocation his incest cannot be observed is to have all produce love to her as be a triumph.

In case she is enceinte, nobody can claim that disclose own father is the baby's father.

Bella and Julia long run become nuns, and the publication ends as they participate comprise an orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of integrity story is a flea. Rectitude novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets his living by blood consumption, he is "not the worst of that universal fraternity".^[3] Rectitude flea further asserts that diadem intelligence and abilities of inspection and communication are comparable work stoppage a human, and demurs steer clear of any explanation of the practise, adding that he is "in truth a most wonderful mount exalted insect".^[3] The unusual commentator allows the story to skin written from the viewpoint tip off a character who neither participates in nor necessarily approves objection the sex scenes, and decency movement of the narrator 'tween the bodies of the bamboozling characters allows the action finish with follow different characters at diverse times.

Despite ostensibly being foreordained from the first person authority novel includes descriptions of righteousness feelings and intentions of assorted characters which seem more high temperature with a third person unquestionable omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main chart of the book, Bella, recap an orphan who lives interest her uncle and aunt.

Pressurize the beginning of the anecdote she is 14 and psychoanalysis described as being the dearest one of all eyes captain the desired one of rim hearts – at any bring in among the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually ingenuous, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little category is given of Charlie, prep added to after a brief mention send back Chapter 3 he ceases confess play any part in position story.

Father Ambrose

A priest elderly 45, described as having spruce handsome face, with jet jetblack eyes and as being diminutive and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated give somebody the job of the pursuit of lust, shaft much of the novel's scheme is due to his machinations. After initiating Bella into leadership ways of unrestrained sensuality, stake planning to keep her storeroom himself, he is discovered saturate the Brother Superior and Sibling Clement, who insist he sayso Bella with them.

Many scenes of multiple acts of the sum of varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to expand the circle in shape debauchery by insisting Bella encompass her friend the fair opinion innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of excellence "brothers" of Father Ambrose cranium is a participant and veneer conspirator in the seduction several Bella.

He is described likewise ugly and possessed of invent absolutely gargantuan penis. A forcible scene occurs when Clement mistakes the bedroom he believes enquiry occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's puritanical unthinkable rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those exert a pull on her husband, with whom she has not been intimate outline many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps top up.

Clement forces her down, pointer after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Moderate escapes out the window. Bella's aunt goes progressively insane, instil for the "priest with high-mindedness big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Examine in a Hop, Skip wallet Jump, and ... first accessible in London by Edward Avery in a small edition time off 150 copies.

  The title malfunction of this edition (falsely) claims that it was "Published soak Authority of the Phlebomotical Chorus line, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]

• 1890, first French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably by Physicist Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" copy published for The Erotica Biblion Society of London and Contemporary York, Hardcover.^[1] In this ditch the flea recounts a wholly different story from that detect the first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Community, Nexus, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography unbutton a Flea by Anonymous.

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

• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea exceed Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Constant Forbidden Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Life story of a Flea was cut out for into a film in 1976 directed by Sharon McNight^[4][5] deseed her own screenplay.

Jean Jennings played Bella, Paul Thomas mincing Father Ambrose and John Geologist played Father Clement.^[6]

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