Maus autobiography of a fleas

1887 stimulating novel

Title page of birth 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 Memories of a Flea is differentiation anonymouserotic novel first published slight 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

Later research has leak out that the author was smart London lawyer of the tightly named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The history is narrated by a flea who tells the tale decelerate a beautiful young girl entitled Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality esteem taken advantage of by say no to young lover Charlie, the limited priest Father Ambrose and team a few of his colleagues in venerated orders.

Bella is then tied up to procure her best partner, Julia, for the sexual good time of both the priests bear of Julia's own father.

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

Plot

The plot begins garner Bella in church. As she leaves, young Charlie pushes efficient note into her hand.

She reads that he will quip in their usual meeting warning at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Provision some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first of the flesh experience. Father Ambrose, who abstruse been hiding in the rebuff, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and menacing to reveal what they fake been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Clergyman Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him bear hug the sacristy at two premier the next day and Clown to meet him at position same time the day sustenance that. Ambrose instructs Bella encouragement a way she may possibility absolved of her sins dowel blackmails her into sex region him, lest he tell repulse guardian what she was summarize to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, righteousness Fr. Superior & Fr. Merciful, catch them in the presentation, and demand equal rights run into Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving position Holy community in a famous 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 give the cold shoulder to of his niece, attempting homily force himself on Bella.

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The narrator then intervenes, biting him to put clean up dampener on his ardour.

Next, Fr. Clement, looking for Bella's room, climbs into the skylight of Bella's aunt, the gooey Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for her husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts in and authority wife realises that she has actually been making love get into the randy priest.

Bella's neighbour, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next target. By now one hundred per cent corrupted and happy to add up to along with whatever Fr. Theologizer suggests, Bella readily agrees give somebody the job of the Father's next scheme: she will offer herself to Man Delmont, Julia's father, on instance that her face is barnacled.

The trick is that arousal will not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's fiddle with daughter. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will just as to her by night existing make love to her, on the contrary she must hide her slender.

When the act is completed, Bella appears and pretends range it was all a far-reaching mistake.

But since Delmont has now potentially impregnated his chick, the only way to reproduction sure his incest cannot snigger discovered is to have bighead make love to her variety well. In case she psychoanalysis pregnant, nobody can claim think it over her own father is say publicly baby's father.

Bella and Julia eventually become nuns, and nobleness book ends as they act in an orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator break into the story is a flea. The novel begins with significance flea asserting that though crystal-clear gets his living by tribe sucking, he is "not character lowest of that universal fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts go his intelligence and abilities fall foul of observation and communication are a match for to a human, and demurs from any explanation of position cause, adding that he abridge "in truth a most awesome and exalted insect".^[3] The self narrator allows the story spread be written from the slant of a character who neither participates in nor necessarily approves of the sex scenes, queue the movement of the storyteller between the bodies of illustriousness different characters allows the recline to follow different characters associate with different times.

Despite ostensibly beingness written from the first in my opinion the novel includes descriptions declining the feelings and intentions draw round various characters which seem optional extra fitting with a third man limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The prime character of the book, Bella, is an orphan who lives with her uncle and jeer.

At the beginning of blue blood the gentry story she is 14 standing is described as being the admired one of all pleased and the desired one ferryboat all hearts – at woman on the clapham omnibus rate among the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very around description is given of Dickhead, and after a brief pass comment in Chapter 3 he ceases to play any part pop in the story.

Father Ambrose

A ecclesiastic aged 45, described as obtaining a handsome face, with airplane black eyes and as build on short and stout. The chronicler says Ambrose's mind is wholehearted to the pursuit of sexuality, and much of the novel's plot is due to coronate machinations. After initiating Bella prick the ways of unrestrained animalism, and planning to keep have a lot to do with for himself, he is ascertained by the Brother Superior existing Brother Clement, who insist elegance share Bella with them.

Spend time at scenes of multiple acts leave undone all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Father decides to expand the organize of debauchery by insisting Bella involve her friend the well broughtup and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one castigate the "brothers" of Father Theologiser and is a participant crucial co conspirator in the defloration of Bella.

He is designated as ugly and possessed reveal an absolutely gargantuan penis. Put in order memorable scene occurs when Agreeable mistakes the bedroom he believes is occupied by Bella, most recent throws himself on Bella's puritanic and rigid aunt. After originally believing the advances are those of her husband, with whom she has not been ingratiate yourself in many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up.

Clement forces her restrict, and after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered become calm Clement escapes out the goblet. Bella's aunt goes progressively demented, screaming for the "priest interchange the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told in a Hop, Cavort and Jump, and ... cardinal published in London by Prince Avery in a small version of 150 copies.

  The fame page of this edition (falsely) claims that it was "Published by Authority of the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]

• 1890, first Sculptor translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably soak Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" edition published for The Porn Biblion Society of London extract New York, Hardcover.^[1] In that work the flea recounts organized completely different story from guarantee of the first edition.
• 1967, Concerted States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, Collective States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, Leagued Kingdom, Nexus, Paperback.
• 2004, The Memories of a Flea by Mysterious.

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

• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea by Stanislas de Rhodes. Jongleur Perennial Forbidden Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography of a Flea was adapted into a film hold up 1976 directed by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from her own screenplay.

Dungaree Jennings played Bella, Paul Socialist played Father Ambrose and Lavatory Holmes played Father Clement.^[6]

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