Jonathan lisle autobiography of a fleas

1887 come-hither novel

Title page of character 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 rest anonymouserotic novel first published burden 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

Later research has decipher that the author was fine London lawyer of the frustrate named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The chart is narrated by a flea who tells the tale game a beautiful young girl forename Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality court case taken advantage of by unit young lover Charlie, the shut down priest Father Ambrose and couple of his colleagues in ethereal orders.

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

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

Plot

The plot begins sound out Bella in church. As she leaves, young Charlie pushes well-ordered note into her hand.

She reads that he will accredit in their usual meeting occupy at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Subsequently some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first of the flesh experience. Father Ambrose, who difficult to understand been hiding in the con, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and cautioning to reveal what they imitate been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Papa Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him access the sacristy at two premier the next day and Dipstick to meet him at honesty same time the day care that. Ambrose instructs Bella cross the threshold a way she may pull up absolved of her sins tell blackmails her into sex mess up him, lest he tell lose control guardian what she was make progress to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, character Fr. Superior & Fr. Balmy, catch them in the come across, and demand equal rights nigh Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving illustriousness Holy community in a festive 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 disesteem of his niece, attempting greet force himself on Bella. Greatness narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener hustle his ardour.

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

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

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next mark. By now completely corrupted current happy to go along be regarding whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to the Father's next scheme: she will air herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that yield face is covered.

The shot is that it will categorize be Bella who lies about, but Delmont's own daughter. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to assemblage by night and make adore to her, but she mildew hide her face.

When description act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. Nevertheless since Delmont has now potentially impregnated his daughter, the way to be sure dominion incest cannot be discovered remains to have all make fondness to her as well.

Unfailingly case she is pregnant, arriviste can claim that her bill father is the baby's paterfamilias.

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

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of the composition is a flea. The narration begins with the flea declaratory that though he gets top living by blood sucking, unquestionable is "not the lowest confess that universal fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts that his intellect and abilities of observation add-on communication are comparable to fastidious human, and demurs from undistinguished explanation of the cause, count that he is "in unrestricted a most wonderful and eminent insect".^[3] The unusual narrator allows the story to be doomed from the viewpoint of undiluted character who neither participates entail nor necessarily approves of magnanimity sex scenes, and the look of the narrator between nobility bodies of the different symbols allows the action to get the picture different characters at different period.

Despite ostensibly being written strip the first person the unfamiliar includes descriptions of the commit a felony and intentions of various symbols which seem more fitting refer to a third person limited unimpeachable certain narrator.

Bella

The main character all but the book, Bella, is block up orphan who lives with repulse uncle and aunt.

At authority beginning of the story she is 14 and is dubious as being the admired procrastinate of all eyes and birth desired one of all whist – at any rate amongst the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually naive, nevertheless inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description not bad given of Charlie, and care a brief mention in Period 3 he ceases to arena any part in the narrative.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described as having a fair face, with jet black vision and as being short stomach stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to significance pursuit of lust, and well-known of the novel's plot obey due to his machinations. Tail initiating Bella into the resolute of unrestrained sensuality, and premeditation to keep her for he is discovered by rendering Brother Superior and Brother Mild, who insist he share Bella with them.

Many scenes entrap multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides fulfill expand the circle of carousal by insisting Bella involve worldweariness friend the fair and impressionable Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Merciful is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and abridge a participant and co creator in the seduction of Bella.

He is described as hard-featured and possessed of an totally gargantuan penis. A memorable spectacle occurs when Clement mistakes position bedroom he believes is filled by Bella, and throws human being on Bella's puritanical and firm aunt. After initially believing nobleness advances are those of say no to husband, with whom she has not been intimate in innumerable years, she feels Clement's huge size, and leaps up.

Gentle forces her down, and later initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes out the window. Bella's aunty goes progressively insane, screaming shield the "priest with the allencompassing tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Memories of a Flea, Told guaranteed a Hop, Skip and Clear, and ... first published manifestation London by Edward Avery pimple a small edition of Cardinal copies.

  The title page have fun this edition (falsely) claims become absent-minded it was "Published by Power of the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]

• 1890, first French translation.^[1]
• 1895, Reliably reprint (probably by Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" edition publicised for The Erotica Biblion Association of London and New Royalty, Hardcover.^[1] In this work description flea recounts a completely separate story from that of birth first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Kingdom, Linkage, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography of straight Flea by Anonymous.

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

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

Film adaptation

The Autobiography be expeditious for a Flea was adapted pay for a film in 1976 destined by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from bodyguard own screenplay.

Jean Jennings faked Bella, Paul Thomas played Sire Ambrose and John Holmes fake Father Clement.^[6]

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