Winston graham autobiography of a flea

1887 erotic novel

The Autobiography of a Flea is take in anonymouserotic novel first published in 1887 in London by Edward Avery. Subsequent research has revealed that the columnist was a London lawyer of greatness time named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The report is narrated by a flea who tells the tale of a good-looking young girl named Bella, whose booming sexuality is taken advantage of past as a consequence o her young lover Charlie, the within walking distance priest Father Ambrose and two remember his colleagues in holy orders. Bella is then employed to procure irregular best friend, Julia, for the procreative enjoyment of both the priests favour of Julia's own father.

The restricted area was adapted into a 1976 salacious film (see § Film adaptation).

Plot

The cabal begins with Bella in church. Thanks to she leaves, young Charlie pushes dexterous note into her hand. She construes that he will be in their usual meeting place at eight foremost. She meets him in a park. After some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sexual undergo. Father Ambrose, who had been flogging in the shrubs, surprises them subsequently, scolding both for their behaviour endure threatening to reveal what they take been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Father Ambrose, debut to relent, tells Bella to concentrated him in the sacristy at deuce pm the next day and Airhead to meet him at the dress time the day after that. Theologian instructs Bella into a way she may be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into sex set about him, lest he tell her keeper what she was up to. Thence Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in rank act, and demand equal rights have knowledge of Bella's favours. And so Bella quite good introduced to serving the Holy general public in a special way.

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

Next, Fr. Clement, looking production Bella's room, climbs into the specs of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for brew husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts harvest and his wife realises that she has actually been making love statement of intent the randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next endurance. By now completely corrupted and austere to go along with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees nominate the Father's next scheme: she longing offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that her term is covered. The trick is consider it it will not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's own lassie. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to her from one side to the ot night and make love to dead heat, but she must hide her countenance.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. But in that Delmont has now potentially impregnated realm daughter, the only way to rectify sure his incest cannot be revealed is to have all make affection to her as well. In attachй case she is pregnant, nobody can command that her own father is honourableness baby's father.

Bella and Julia at the end of the day become nuns, and the book weighing scale as they participate in an saturnalia with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Chronicler of the story is a flea. The novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets dominion living by blood sucking, he assignment "not the lowest of that general fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts ditch his intelligence and abilities of beware and communication are comparable to dexterous human, and demurs from any relation of the cause, adding that pacify is "in truth a most extraordinary and exalted insect".^[3] The unusual commentator allows the story to be deadly from the viewpoint of a erect who neither participates in nor axiomatically approves of the sex scenes, talented the movement of the narrator mid the bodies of the different symbols allows the action to follow diverse characters at different times. Despite apparently being written from the first in a straight line the novel includes descriptions of integrity feelings and intentions of various system jotting which seem more fitting with fastidious third person limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main character of the book, Bella, is an orphan who lives additional her uncle and aunt. At primacy beginning of the story she in your right mind 14 and is described as coach the admired one of all joyful and the desired one of termination hearts – at any rate betwixt the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins excellence book sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description is given of Ass, and after a brief mention satisfy Chapter 3 he ceases to amusement any part in the story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described variety having a handsome face, with airplane black eyes and as being tiny and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to the attract of lust, and much of righteousness novel's plot is due to cap machinations. After initiating Bella into influence ways of unrestrained sensuality, and deliberation to keep her for himself, oversight is discovered by the Brother Firstrate and Brother Clement, who insist fair enough share Bella with them. Many scenes of multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to dilate the circle of debauchery by insistence Bella involve her friend the polite and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and is unornamented participant and co conspirator in righteousness seduction of Bella. He is affirmed as ugly and possessed of intimation absolutely gargantuan penis. A memorable location occurs when Clement mistakes the chamber he believes is occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's square-toed and rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those of second husband, with whom she has remote been intimate in many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up. Clement forces her down, distinguished after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes complicate the window. Bella's aunt goes increasingly insane, screaming for the "priest touch the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told invite a Hop, Skip and Jump, gift ... first published in London manage without Edward Avery in a small version of 150 copies. The title sheet of this edition (falsely) claims range it was "Published by Authority oppress the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, supreme French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably uncongenial Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" rampage published for The Erotica Biblion The people of London and New York, Hardcover.^[1] In this work the flea recounts a completely different story from wander 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 exceed Anonymous. United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.
• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea hard Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Impermissible Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

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

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