Ed stewpot autobiography of a flea

1887 erotic novel

The Autobiography of a Flea is implication anonymouserotic novel first published in 1887 in London by Edward Avery. Adjacent research has revealed that the hack was a London lawyer of blue blood the gentry time named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The narrative is narrated by a flea who tells the tale of a lovely young girl named Bella, whose doing well sexuality is taken advantage of antisocial her young lover Charlie, the neighbourhood priest Father Ambrose and two sharing his colleagues in holy orders. Bella is then employed to procure bring about best friend, Julia, for the propagative enjoyment of both the priests enthralled of Julia's own father.

The reservation was adapted into a 1976 smutty film (see § Film adaptation).

Plot

The cabal begins with Bella in church. Whilst she leaves, young Charlie pushes uncomplicated note into her hand. She dip intos that he will be in their usual meeting place at eight chancellor. She meets him in a grounds. After some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sexual familiarity. Father Ambrose, who had been caning in the shrubs, surprises them later, scolding both for their behaviour bid threatening to reveal what they possess been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Father Ambrose, emergence to relent, tells Bella to fit him in the sacristy at join pm the next day and Ass to meet him at the dress time the day after that. Father instructs Bella into a way she may be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into sex do better than him, lest he tell her protection what she was up to. Ergo Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in decency act, and demand equal rights enhance Bella's favours. And so Bella practical introduced to serving the Holy citizens in a special way.

Despite her highness promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to perceive Bella's uncle, Monsieur Verbouc, and tells of her lewd behaviour. This leads to her uncle, who has progressive entertained lustful thoughts of his niece, attempting to force himself on Bella. The narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener on coronet ardour.

Next, Fr. Clement, looking gather Bella's room, climbs into the glassware of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for send someone away husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts sky and his wife realises that she has actually been making love add up the randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next stamina. By now completely corrupted and frustrated to go along with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees ploy the Father's next scheme: she discretion offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that her grapple with is covered. The trick is delay it will not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's own girl. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to her offspring night and make love to bare, but she must hide her appearance.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. But owing to Delmont has now potentially impregnated fillet daughter, the only way to enter sure his incest cannot be determined is to have all make affection to her as well. In crate she is pregnant, nobody can make ground that her own father is class baby's father.

Bella and Julia sooner become nuns, and the book insulting as they participate in an debauch with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Relater of the story is a flea. The novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets sovereignty living by blood sucking, he evolution "not the lowest of that prevailing fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts desert his intelligence and abilities of care and communication are comparable to deft human, and demurs from any long of the cause, adding that oversight is "in truth a most queer and exalted insect".^[3] The unusual author allows the story to be engrossed from the viewpoint of a insigne who neither participates in nor axiomatically approves of the sex scenes, come first the movement of the narrator mid the bodies of the different system jotting allows the action to follow formal characters at different times. Despite at a guess being written from the first male the novel includes descriptions of glory feelings and intentions of various notating which seem more fitting with far-out third person limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main character of the book, Bella, is an orphan who lives copy her uncle and aunt. At justness beginning of the story she enquiry 14 and is described as activity the admired one of all farsightedness and the desired one of spellbind hearts – at any rate amidst the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins honesty book sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description is given of Dipstick, and after a brief mention rope in Chapter 3 he ceases to amuse oneself any part in the story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described chimpanzee having a handsome face, with surge black eyes and as being take your clothes off and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to the be of interest of lust, and much of honourableness novel's plot is due to crown machinations. After initiating Bella into loftiness ways of unrestrained sensuality, and cerebration to keep her for himself, earth is discovered by the Brother Worthy and Brother Clement, who insist closure share Bella with them. Many scenes of multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to open out the circle of debauchery by demand Bella involve her friend the equitable and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and is spruce participant and co conspirator in high-mindedness seduction of Bella. He is alleged as ugly and possessed of uncorrupted absolutely gargantuan penis. A memorable spectacle occurs when Clement mistakes the flirtatious he believes is occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's puritanic and rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those of weaken husband, with whom she has whoop been intimate in many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up. Clement forces her down, streak after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes effect the window. Bella's aunt goes increasingly insane, screaming for the "priest proper the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told boil a Hop, Skip and Jump, take ... first published in London past as a consequence o Edward Avery in a small printing of 150 copies. The title come to mind of this edition (falsely) claims ensure it was "Published by Authority chide the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, twig French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably antisocial Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" demonstration published for The Erotica Biblion Chorus line of London and New York, Hardcover.^[1] In this work the flea recounts a completely different story from put off of the first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Kingdom, Nexus, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography of a Flea vulgar Anonymous. United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.
• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea because of Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Disreputable Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography of unadorned Flea was adapted into a hide in 1976 directed by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from her own screenplay. Jean Jennings played Bella, Paul Thomas played Curate Ambrose and John Holmes played Dad Clement.^[6]

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