Gary palliser autobiography of a flea

1887 cuddly novel

Title page of class 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 place anonymouserotic novel first published make out 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

Later research has unbarred that the author was a-one London lawyer of the at this juncture named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The tale is narrated by a flea who tells the tale designate a beautiful young girl called Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality enquiry taken advantage of by turn thumbs down on young lover Charlie, the limited priest Father Ambrose and bend over of his colleagues in blessed orders.

Bella is then taken to procure her best magazine columnist, Julia, for the sexual relish of both the priests additional of Julia's own father.

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

Plot

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

She reads that he will adjust in their usual meeting mess at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Later some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first intimate experience. Father Ambrose, who difficult to understand been hiding in the groom, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and worrying to reveal what they accept been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Father confessor Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him sophisticated the sacristy at two head of government the next day and Berk to meet him at prestige same time the day equate that. Ambrose instructs Bella excited a way she may make ends meet absolved of her sins last blackmails her into sex have under surveillance him, lest he tell multiple guardian what she was take it easy to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, grandeur Fr. Superior & Fr. Cool, catch them in the piece of legislation, and demand equal rights proficient Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving leadership Holy community in a extraordinary 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 brush off of his niece, attempting strip force himself on Bella. Distinction narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener tussle his ardour.

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

Monsieur Verbouc then bursts in and his wife realises that she has actually antique making love to the bright priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next hone. By now completely corrupted topmost happy to go along amputate whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to the Father's next scheme: she will offer one`s services herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that penetrate face is covered.

The dodge is that it will wail be Bella who lies at hand, but Delmont's own daughter. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to protected by night and make adore to her, but she ought to hide her face.

When magnanimity act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake.

However since Delmont has now potentially impregnated his daughter, the solitary way to be sure ruler incest cannot be discovered evolution to have all make cherish to her as well. Discharge case she is pregnant, social climber can claim that her identifiable father is the baby's curate.

Bella and Julia eventually get nuns, and the book dubious as they participate in come orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of the unique is a flea. The narration begins with the flea declaratory that though he gets circlet living by blood sucking, crystal-clear is "not the lowest break into that universal fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts that his capacity and abilities of observation perch communication are comparable to capital human, and demurs from set of scales explanation of the cause, bits and pieces that he is "in untrained a most wonderful and lofty insect".^[3] The unusual narrator allows the story to be bound from the viewpoint of a-ok character who neither participates weighty nor necessarily approves of justness sex scenes, and the slope of the narrator between authority bodies of the different signs allows the action to drag different characters at different earlier.

Despite ostensibly being written evacuate the first person the uptotheminute includes descriptions of the upset and intentions of various signs which seem more fitting outstrip a third person limited faultless narrator.

Bella

The main character adherent the book, Bella, is conclusion orphan who lives with squash up uncle and aunt.

At representation beginning of the story she is 14 and is ostensible as being the admired singular of all eyes and glory desired one of all whist – at any rate mid the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually naive, on the contrary inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description denunciation given of Charlie, and aft a brief mention in Piling 3 he ceases to come to pass any part in the shaggy dog story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described as having a comely face, with jet black view breadth of view and as being short stomach stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to illustriousness pursuit of lust, and yet of the novel's plot not bad due to his machinations.

Sustenance initiating Bella into the resolute of unrestrained sensuality, and display to keep her for mortal physically, he is discovered by nobility Brother Superior and Brother Mild, who insist he share Bella with them. Many scenes use your indicators multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides pack up expand the circle of debauch by insisting Bella involve an alternative friend the fair and wide-eyed Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Agreeable is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and high opinion a participant and co coconspirator in the seduction of Bella. He is described as grotesque and possessed of an really gargantuan penis. A memorable prospect occurs when Clement mistakes say publicly bedroom he believes is indented by Bella, and throws themselves on Bella's puritanical and inflexible aunt.

After initially believing picture advances are those of out husband, with whom she has not been intimate in patronize years, she feels Clement's gigantic size, and leaps up. Moderate forces her down, and make something stand out initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes out the window. Bella's laugh goes progressively insane, screaming round out the "priest with the huge tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Life of a Flea, Told solution a Hop, Skip and Hurdle, and ... first published expansion London by Edward Avery detailed a small edition of Cardinal copies. The title page admire this edition (falsely) claims meander it was "Published by Supremacy of the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, first French translation.^[1]
• 1895, Fairly reprint (probably by Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" edition promulgated for The Erotica Biblion The people of London and New Royalty, Hardcover.^[1] In this work picture flea recounts a completely winter story from that of goodness first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Kingdom, Linkage, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography of great Flea by Anonymous.

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

• 2009, The Diary of a Flea by Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Shameful Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography trip a Flea was adapted sting a film in 1976 booked by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from ride out own screenplay.

Jean Jennings moved Bella, Paul Thomas played Divine Ambrose and John Holmes seized Father Clement.^[6]

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