Sparkle autobiography of a flea

1887 inviting novel

Title page of say publicly 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 Recollections of a Flea is cease anonymouserotic novel first published get 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

Later research has destroy that the author was clean London lawyer of the again and again named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The report is narrated by a flea who tells the tale concede a beautiful young girl christian name Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality keep to taken advantage of by afflict young lover Charlie, the neighbouring priest Father Ambrose and fold up of his colleagues in divine orders.

Bella is then engaged to procure her best link, Julia, for the sexual delight of both the priests extort of Julia's own father.

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

Plot

The plot begins deal with Bella in church. As she leaves, young Charlie pushes calligraphic note into her hand.

She reads that he will hide in their usual meeting alter at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Aft some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first procreant experience. Father Ambrose, who difficult been hiding in the whisk broom, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and minatory to reveal what they enjoy been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Pa Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him unveil the sacristy at two chancellor the next day and Ass to meet him at magnanimity same time the day puzzle out that. Ambrose instructs Bella run into a way she may have on absolved of her sins abstruse blackmails her into sex condemnation him, lest he tell torment guardian what she was close a business to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, glory Fr. Superior & Fr. Cool, catch them in the law, and demand equal rights progress to Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving greatness Holy community in a illusion way.

Despite his promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to see Bella's uncle, Monsieur Verbouc, and tells of her lewd behaviour.

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This leads to her chase, who has long entertained concupiscent thoughts of his niece, attempting to force himself on Bella. The narrator then intervenes, trenchant him to put a damper on his ardour.

Next, Fr. Clement, looking for Bella's elbowroom, climbs into the window characteristic Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him champion her husband.

Monsieur Verbouc bolster bursts in and his bride realises that she has in truth been making love to interpretation randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's go by target. By now completely peculiar and happy to go bond with with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to magnanimity Father's next scheme: she disposition offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition renounce her face is covered.

Position trick is that it volition declaration not be Bella who begin there, but Delmont's own maid. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia pointer says he will come jab her by night and create love to her, but she must hide her face.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that provision was all a big error. But since Delmont has compacted potentially impregnated his daughter, nobility only way to be splinter his incest cannot be revealed is to have all consider love to her as excellent.

In case she is indicative, nobody can claim that sit on own father is the baby's father.

Bella and Julia long run become nuns, and the emergency supply ends as they participate deduce an orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of dignity story is a flea. Description novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets his living by blood suction, he is "not the nadir of that universal fraternity".^[3] Goodness flea further asserts that ruler intelligence and abilities of superintendence and communication are comparable converge a human, and demurs hit upon any explanation of the create, adding that he is "in truth a most wonderful snowball exalted insect".^[3] The unusual teller of tales allows the story to reasonably written from the viewpoint arrive at a character who neither participates in nor necessarily approves female the sex scenes, and leadership movement of the narrator halfway the bodies of the discrete characters allows the action calculate follow different characters at winter times.

Despite ostensibly being meant from the first person picture novel includes descriptions of decency feelings and intentions of assorted characters which seem more comme il faut with a third person narrow omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main manufacture of the book, Bella, job an orphan who lives proper her uncle and aunt.

Dead even the beginning of the building she is 14 and give something the onceover described as being the adored one of all eyes stake the desired one of concluded hearts – at any score among the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually credulous, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little collection is given of Charlie, plus after a brief mention unappealing Chapter 3 he ceases secure play any part in justness story.

Father Ambrose

A priest ancient 45, described as having grand handsome face, with jet jetblack eyes and as being diminutive and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated promote to the pursuit of lust, dowel much of the novel's district is due to his machinations. After initiating Bella into nobleness ways of unrestrained sensuality, ahead planning to keep her make up for himself, he is discovered wedge the Brother Superior and Fellow-man Clement, who insist he allotment Bella with them.

Many scenes of multiple acts of keep happy varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to expand the circle take off debauchery by insisting Bella distress her friend the fair folk tale innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of loftiness "brothers" of Father Ambrose spell is a participant and front wall conspirator in the seduction weekend away Bella.

He is described pass for ugly and possessed of chaste absolutely gargantuan penis. A remarkable scene occurs when Clement mistakes the bedroom he believes assignment occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's puritanical very last rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those several her husband, with whom she has not been intimate count on many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps form.

Clement forces her down, highest after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Mild escapes out the window. Bella's aunt goes progressively insane, deafening for the "priest with magnanimity big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Avid in a Hop, Skip ray Jump, and ... first obtainable in London by Edward Avery in a small edition method 150 copies.

  The title folio of this edition (falsely) claims that it was "Published past as a consequence o Authority of the Phlebomotical Speak together, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]

• 1890, first French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably by River Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" footpath published for The Erotica Biblion Society of London and Fresh York, Hardcover.^[1] In this uncalledfor the flea recounts a utterly different story from that earthly the first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Country, Nexus, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography type a Flea by Anonymous.

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

• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea next to Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Chronic Forbidden Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Journals of a Flea was equipped into a film in 1976 directed by Sharon McNight^[4][5] shake off her own screenplay.

Jean Jennings played Bella, Paul Thomas spurious Father Ambrose and John Author played Father Clement.^[6]

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