Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, credited to John Cleland, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Fanny Hill, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland. Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1749) was the first widely-read English novel in the genre "Erotica." It was written by John Cleland as he was serving hard time at a debtor's prison in London. Over the centuries, the novel has been repeatedly banned by authorities, assuring its preeminent role in the history of the ongoing struggle against censorship of free expression. Until Fanny Hill, previous heroines had conducted their amorous liaisons "off-stage." Any erotic misadventures were described euphemistically. As women who had gone astray, they always repented, which made even their most outrageous dalliances somehow suitable for a moralistic readership. The protagonist of Fanny Hill, however, never repented a single moment of her sexual exploits ... quite the contrary! And with Fanny, the devil is in the details, realistically described. (Summary by Denny Mike)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
• Author credits: John Cleland
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 9:27:30

Catalogue topics

• erotica
• banned books

Track guide

1. Chapter 01 — 1:05:45
2. Chapter 02 — 55:44
3. Chapter 03 — 1:11:52
4. Chapter 04 — 53:45
5. Chapter 05 — 28:46
6. Chapter 06 — 1:01:43
7. Chapter 07 — 1:00:50
8. Chapter 08 — 55:28
9. Chapter 09 — 52:05
10. Chapter 10 — 1:01:40

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