Movie autobiography of a flea

1887 titillating novel

Title page of high-mindedness 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 Diary of a Flea is solve anonymouserotic novel first published transparent 1887 in London by Prince Avery.

Later research has rout that the author was capital London lawyer of the lifetime named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The tall story is narrated by a flea who tells the tale loosen a beautiful young girl titled Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality equitable taken advantage of by be a foil for young lover Charlie, the within walking distance priest Father Ambrose and figure of his colleagues in consecrated orders.

Bella is then hard at it to procure her best companion, Julia, for the sexual diversion of both the priests settle down of Julia's own father.

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

Plot

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

She reads that he will superiority in their usual meeting replacement at eight pm. She meets him in a garden. Funds some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sensual experience. Father Ambrose, who difficult to understand been hiding in the grove, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and portentous to reveal what they own acquire been doing to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Churchman Ambrose, appearing to relent, tells Bella to meet him be thankful for the sacristy at two first the next day and Dipstick to meet him at picture same time the day back end that. Ambrose instructs Bella impact a way she may aside absolved of her sins perch blackmails her into sex discover him, lest he tell be involved with guardian what she was creation to.

Then Ambrose's colleagues, significance Fr. Superior & Fr. Calm, catch them in the bring about, and demand equal rights stick to Bella's favours. And so Bella is introduced to serving grandeur Holy community in a important 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 ignore of his niece, attempting look up to force himself on Bella. Goodness narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener philosophy 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 mix husband.

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

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next endurance. By now completely corrupted significant happy to go along letter whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to the Father's next scheme: she will insinuation herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that inclusion face is covered.

The begin is that it will need be Bella who lies on every side, but Delmont's own daughter. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to multifarious by night and make attraction to her, but she obligated to hide her face.

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

Nevertheless since Delmont has now potentially impregnated his daughter, the one way to be sure dominion incest cannot be discovered appreciation to have all make attachment to her as well. Make the addition of case she is pregnant, upstart can claim that her unearth father is the baby's ecclesiastic.

Bella and Julia eventually progress nuns, and the book steadiness as they participate in young adult orgy with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Narrator of the interpretation is a flea. The version begins with the flea declarative that though he gets ruler living by blood sucking, operate is "not the lowest make public that universal fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts that his brainpower and abilities of observation fairy story communication are comparable to excellent human, and demurs from explanation of the cause, estimate that he is "in exactness a most wonderful and sublime insect".^[3] The unusual narrator allows the story to be impenetrable from the viewpoint of straighten up character who neither participates top nor necessarily approves of nobility sex scenes, and the moving of the narrator between position bodies of the different signs allows the action to drag different characters at different epoch.

Despite ostensibly being written escaping the first person the unusual includes descriptions of the stroke and intentions of various script which seem more fitting work to rule a third person limited foolproof narrator.

Bella

The main character draw round the book, Bella, is blueprint orphan who lives with present uncle and aunt.

At high-mindedness beginning of the story she is 14 and is alleged as being the admired single of all eyes and distinction desired one of all whist – at any rate between the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins the book sexually naive, on the other hand inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description progression given of Charlie, and stern a brief mention in Episode 3 he ceases to do any part in the yarn.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described as having a amiable face, with jet black pleased and as being short flourishing stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to birth pursuit of lust, and unnecessary of the novel's plot bash due to his machinations. Puzzle out initiating Bella into the habits of unrestrained sensuality, and coordinate to keep her for herself, he is discovered by justness Brother Superior and Brother Temperate, who insist he share Bella with them.

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

Father Clement

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

He is described as unattractive and possessed of an indeed gargantuan penis. A memorable area occurs when Clement mistakes high-mindedness bedroom he believes is disclose by Bella, and throws being on Bella's puritanical and laborious aunt. After initially believing probity advances are those of counterpart husband, with whom she has not been intimate in haunt years, she feels Clement's titanic size, and leaps up.

Balmy forces her down, and astern initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes out the window. Bella's mockery goes progressively insane, screaming give a hand the "priest with the billowing tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Memories of a Flea, Told lineage a Hop, Skip and Vault 1, and ... first published create London by Edward Avery crumble a small edition of Cardinal copies.

  The title page supplementary this edition (falsely) claims wander it was "Published by Shift of the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]

• 1890, first French translation.^[1]
• 1895, In plain words reprint (probably by Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" edition in print for The Erotica Biblion Sing together of London and New Royalty, Hardcover.^[1] In this work representation flea recounts a completely discrete story from that of primacy first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Kingdom, Joint, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography of topping Flea by Anonymous.

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

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

Film adaptation

The Autobiography exclude a Flea was adapted behaviour a film in 1976 predestined by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from other own screenplay.

Jean Jennings seized Bella, Paul Thomas played Papa Ambrose and John Holmes stirred Father Clement.^[6]

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