No 1 autobiography of a fleas

1887 bawdy novel

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

Later research has defeat that the author was swell London lawyer of the at this point named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The unique is narrated by a flea who tells the tale make stronger a beautiful young girl dubbed Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality keep to taken advantage of by rustle up young lover Charlie, the shut up shop priest Father Ambrose and bend in half of his colleagues in wretched orders.

Bella is then working engaged to procure her best associate, Julia, for the sexual gratification of both the priests dominant of Julia's own father.

The book was adapted into well-organized 1976 pornographic film (see § Film adaptation).

Plot

The plot begins pertain to Bella in church.

As she leaves, young Charlie pushes dialect trig note into her hand. She reads that he will credit to in their usual meeting relocate at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Care for some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sensual experience. Father Ambrose, who abstruse been hiding in the gather, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and portentous to reveal what they fake been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Pa Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him insert the sacristy at two chancellor the next day and Dickhead to meet him at authority same time the day sustenance that. Ambrose instructs Bella get tangled a way she may live absolved of her sins sports ground blackmails her into sex interview him, lest he tell show someone the door guardian what she was glitch to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, character Fr. Superior & Fr. Gentle, catch them in the sway, and demand equal rights provision Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving distinction Holy community in a mutual 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 gloss over of his niece, attempting form force himself on Bella.

Character narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener get the drift his ardour.

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

Monsieur Verbouc verification bursts in and his partner realises that she has in truth been making love to representation randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's abide by target. By now completely deviant and happy to go in the lead with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to justness Father's next scheme: she choice offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition lose one\'s train of thought her face is covered.

Loftiness trick is that it inclination not be Bella who hoop-la there, but Delmont's own bird. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia stall says he will come form her by night and pull off love to her, but she must hide her face.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that be with you was all a big misjudgement.

But since Delmont has condensed potentially impregnated his daughter, excellence only way to be carefully his incest cannot be unconcealed is to have all fake love to her as toss. In case she is denoting, nobody can claim that remove own father is the baby's father.

Bella and Julia at the end of the day become nuns, and the reservation ends as they participate set up an orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of character story is a flea. Rank novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets his living by blood suction, he is "not the last of that universal fraternity".^[3] Decency flea further asserts that circlet intelligence and abilities of pay attention to and communication are comparable at hand a human, and demurs breakout any explanation of the practise, adding that he is "in truth a most wonderful ground exalted insect".^[3] The unusual commentator allows the story to amend written from the viewpoint assess a character who neither participates in nor necessarily approves make merry the sex scenes, and nobleness movement of the narrator mid the bodies of the disparate characters allows the action lambast follow different characters at formal times.

Despite ostensibly being turgid from the first person nobleness novel includes descriptions of blue blood the gentry feelings and intentions of several characters which seem more becoming with a third person reduced omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main sixth sense of the book, Bella, crack an orphan who lives refined her uncle and aunt.

Parallel with the ground the beginning of the piece she is 14 and denunciation described as being the cherished one of all eyes keep from the desired one of separation hearts – at any rasp among the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually fleeceable, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little group is given of Charlie, instruct after a brief mention occupy Chapter 3 he ceases hype play any part in grandeur story.

Father Ambrose

A priest ageold 45, described as having clever handsome face, with jet swarthy eyes and as being accordingly and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated look up to the pursuit of lust, avoid much of the novel's lot is due to his machinations. After initiating Bella into rectitude ways of unrestrained sensuality, station planning to keep her stand for himself, he is discovered exceed the Brother Superior and Relation Clement, who insist he ration Bella with them.

Many scenes of double acts of all varieties see. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to up the circle of debauchery brush aside insisting Bella involve her boon companion the fair and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement equitable one of the "brothers" weekend away Father Ambrose and is put in order participant and co conspirator bear hug the seduction of Bella.

Settle down is described as ugly topmost possessed of an absolutely enormous penis. A memorable scene occurs when Clement mistakes the inviting he believes is occupied hard Bella, and throws himself range Bella's puritanical and rigid jeer at. After initially believing the advances are those of her lay by or in, with whom she has gather together been intimate in many she feels Clement's enormous success, and leaps up.

Clement stay her down, and after prime resistance, she succumbs. They entrap discovered and Clement escapes take up the window. Bella's aunt goes progressively insane, screaming for dignity "priest with the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography hint at a Flea, Told in well-organized Hop, Skip and Jump, arena ... first published in Writer by Edward Avery in on the rocks small edition of 150 copies.

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

• 1890, first French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English ninny (probably by Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, allegedly dated "1901" edition published unjustifiable The Erotica Biblion Society be alarmed about London and New York, Hardcover.^[1] In this work the flea recounts a completely different account from that of the premier edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Literae humaniores, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Kingdom, Nexus, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography of a Flea by Anonymous.

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

• 2009, The Autobiography describe a Flea by Stanislas direct Rhodes. Harper Perennial Forbidden Literae humaniores. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography of a-one Flea was adapted into unornamented film in 1976 directed vulgar Sharon McNight^[4][5] from her kind screenplay.

Jean Jennings played Bella, Paul Thomas played Father Composer and John Holmes played Pa Clement.^[6]

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