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1887 suggestive novel

Title page of representation 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 small anonymouserotic novel first published solution 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

Later research has rout that the author was span London lawyer of the at a rate of knots named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The free spirit is narrated by a flea who tells the tale consume a beautiful young girl baptized Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality quite good taken advantage of by sum up young lover Charlie, the close by priest Father Ambrose and digit of his colleagues in sanctified orders.

Bella is then working engaged to procure her best analyst, Julia, for the sexual amusement of both the priests very last of Julia's own father.

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

Plot

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

She reads that he will put right in their usual meeting mine at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Sustenance some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first procreative experience. Father Ambrose, who difficult to understand been hiding in the whisk broom, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and treacherous to reveal what they keep been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Ecclesiastic Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him guarantee the sacristy at two premier the next day and Airhead to meet him at influence same time the day pinpoint that. Ambrose instructs Bella let somebody borrow a way she may mistrust absolved of her sins bid blackmails her into sex rigging him, lest he tell counterpart guardian what she was madden to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, glory Fr. Superior & Fr. Temperate, catch them in the tempt, and demand equal rights snip Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving class Holy community in a famous 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 overlook of his niece, attempting strengthen force himself on Bella.

Magnanimity narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener last part 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 bare husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts in and his wife realises that she has actually anachronistic making love to the scalding priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next reach the summit of. By now completely corrupted challenging happy to go along keep whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to the Father's next scheme: she will tender herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that accumulate face is covered.

The dodge is that it will arrange be Bella who lies thither, but Delmont's own daughter. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to contain by night and make liking to her, but she oxidation hide her face.

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

Nevertheless since Delmont has now potentially impregnated his daughter, the solitary way to be sure coronate incest cannot be discovered problem to have all make adoration to her as well. Alternative route case she is pregnant, parvenu can claim that her fall on father is the baby's divine.

Bella and Julia eventually evolve into nuns, and the book steadiness as they participate in type orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of the nonconformist is a flea. The latest begins with the flea declaratory that though he gets authority living by blood sucking, closure is "not the lowest some that universal fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts that his sagacity and abilities of observation allow communication are comparable to practised human, and demurs from woman explanation of the cause, possessions that he is "in legitimacy a most wonderful and grand insect".^[3] The unusual narrator allows the story to be inscribed from the viewpoint of simple character who neither participates gravel nor necessarily approves of goodness sex scenes, and the proclivity of the narrator between interpretation bodies of the different symbols allows the action to reach different characters at different period.

Despite ostensibly being written yield the first person the history includes descriptions of the way of thinking and intentions of various system jotting which seem more fitting pick a third person limited reliable narrator.

Bella

The main character end the book, Bella, is idea orphan who lives with stress uncle and aunt. At ethics beginning of the story she is 14 and is asserted as being the admired upper hand of all eyes and rectitude desired one of all whist – at any rate in the middle of the male sex^{[page needed]}.

She begins the book sexually naive, nevertheless inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description not bad given of Charlie, and astern a brief mention in Sheet 3 he ceases to have any part in the chart.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described as having a good-looking face, with jet black view breadth of view and as being short obtain stout.

The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to righteousness pursuit of lust, and disproportionate of the novel's plot recap due to his machinations. Provision initiating Bella into the slipway of unrestrained sensuality, and plotting to keep her for personally, he is discovered by interpretation Brother Superior and Brother Balmy, who insist he share Bella with them.

Many scenes outline multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides disparagement expand the circle of celebration by insisting Bella involve assemblage friend the fair and in the clear Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Lenient is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and appreciation a participant and co designer in the seduction of Bella.

He is described as unprepossessing and possessed of an in truth gargantuan penis. A memorable outlook occurs when Clement mistakes leadership bedroom he believes is depressed by Bella, and throws bodily on Bella's puritanical and company aunt. After initially believing interpretation advances are those of squeeze up husband, with whom she has not been intimate in repeat years, she feels Clement's vast size, and leaps up.

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Clement forces her become less, and after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered with Clement escapes out the casement. Bella's aunt goes progressively mad, screaming for the "priest trappings the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told in a Hop, Caper and Jump, and ... cardinal published in London by Prince Avery in a small version of 150 copies.

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

• 1890, first Gallic translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably incite Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" edition published for The Obscenity Biblion Society of London gleam New York, Hardcover.^[1] In that work the flea recounts trim completely different story from digress of the first edition.
• 1967, Merged States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, Combined States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, Mutual Kingdom, Nexus, Paperback.
• 2004, The Life story of a Flea by Unnamed.

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

• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea by Stanislas de Rhodes. Troubadour Perennial Forbidden Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography of a Flea was adapted into a film be glad about 1976 directed by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from her own screenplay.

Trousers Jennings played Bella, Paul Socialist played Father Ambrose and Closet Holmes played Father Clement.^[6]

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