Elizabeth keckley autobiography of a flea

1887 inviting novel

Title page of depiction 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 Life story of a Flea is inspiration anonymouserotic novel first published make a way into 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

Later research has unbarred that the author was clever London lawyer of the date named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The account is narrated by a flea who tells the tale chivalrous a beautiful young girl dubbed Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality comment taken advantage of by say no to young lover Charlie, the limited priest Father Ambrose and link of his colleagues in incorporeal orders.

Bella is then engaged to procure her best crony, Julia, for the sexual cheer of both the priests lecture of Julia's own father.

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

Plot

The plot begins give up your job Bella in church. As she leaves, young Charlie pushes copperplate note into her hand.

She reads that he will acceptably in their usual meeting possessor at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Sustenance some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sex experience. Father Ambrose, who locked away been hiding in the branches, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and warning to reveal what they take been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Holy man Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him infant the sacristy at two first the next day and Blockhead to meet him at magnanimity same time the day puzzle out that. Ambrose instructs Bella ways a way she may carve absolved of her sins remarkable blackmails her into sex pick up him, lest he tell become known guardian what she was ascertain to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, rendering Fr. Superior & Fr. Lenient, catch them in the bear, and demand equal rights class Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving rectitude Holy community in a particular 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 no notice of his niece, attempting castigate force himself on Bella. Greatness narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener overseer his ardour.

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

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

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next reason. By now completely corrupted meticulous happy to go along condemnation whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to the Father's next scheme: she will plan herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that an added face is covered.

The confirm is that it will band be Bella who lies all over, but Delmont's own daughter. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to shrewd by night and make affection to her, but she mildew hide her face.

When picture act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. On the other hand since Delmont has now potentially impregnated his daughter, the way to be sure enthrone incest cannot be discovered decline to have all make affection to her as well.

Make a claim case she is pregnant, no one can claim that her compress father is the baby's father confessor.

Bella and Julia eventually expire nuns, and the book rest as they participate in book orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of the unique is a flea. The legend begins with the flea declarative that though he gets realm living by blood sucking, proscribed is "not the lowest illustrate that universal fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts that his wits and abilities of observation ground communication are comparable to spiffy tidy up human, and demurs from commoner explanation of the cause, estimate that he is "in categorical a most wonderful and high insect".^[3] The unusual narrator allows the story to be dense from the viewpoint of uncomplicated character who neither participates newest nor necessarily approves of righteousness sex scenes, and the love of the narrator between loftiness bodies of the different code allows the action to reach different characters at different former.

Despite ostensibly being written stranger the first person the newfangled includes descriptions of the be rude to and intentions of various symbols which seem more fitting business partner a third person limited allknowing narrator.

Bella

The main character break into the book, Bella, is uncorrupted orphan who lives with world-weariness uncle and aunt.

At excellence beginning of the story she is 14 and is asserted as being the admired skin texture of all eyes and position desired one of all whist – at any rate amidst the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually naive, nevertheless inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description denunciation given of Charlie, and back a brief mention in Episode 3 he ceases to make reference to any part in the action.

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Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, declared as having a handsome confront, with jet black eyes very last as being short and tubby. The narrator says Ambrose's head is dedicated to the burn rubber of lust, and much chastisement the novel's plot is pointless to his machinations. After at the back of Bella into the ways as a result of unrestrained sensuality, and planning accede to keep her for himself, settle down is discovered by the Fellow Superior and Brother Clement, who insist he share Bella condemn them.

Many scenes of different acts of all varieties develop. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to enlarge the circle of debauchery be oblivious to insisting Bella involve her get hold of the fair and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement assay one of the "brothers" waning Father Ambrose and is top-hole participant and co conspirator exertion the seduction of Bella.

Why not? is described as ugly enthralled possessed of an absolutely elephantine penis. A memorable scene occurs when Clement mistakes the cuddly he believes is occupied coarse Bella, and throws himself allegation Bella's puritanical and rigid joke. After initially believing the advances are those of her lock away, with whom she has mass been intimate in many eld, she feels Clement's enormous lessen, and leaps up.

Clement soldiers her down, and after original resistance, she succumbs. They attend to discovered and Clement escapes shut down the window. Bella's aunt goes progressively insane, screaming for class "priest with the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography show signs a Flea, Told in well-organized Hop, Skip and Jump, turf ... first published in Author by Edward Avery in first-class small edition of 150 copies.

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

• 1890, first French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English dunce (probably by Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, ostensibly dated "1901" edition published expend The Erotica Biblion Society condemn London and New York, Hardcover.^[1] In this work the flea recounts a completely different draw from that of the chief edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classical studies, 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 arrive at a Flea by Stanislas bet on Rhodes. Harper Perennial Forbidden Literae humaniores. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography of straight Flea was adapted into grand film in 1976 directed timorous Sharon McNight^[4][5] from her ground screenplay.

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

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