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Fanny Hill

John Cleland · 1748

An erotic novel of a young woman's life in eighteenth-century London, first published as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure.

Why it was banned: Cleland was arrested soon after publication; the book was prosecuted for obscenity in the US from 1821, and the US Supreme Court cleared it in 1966 (Memoirs v. Massachusetts).

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At a glance

Theme
Classics, Fiction
Shelf status
In print
Banned by
A court
Banned in
United Kingdom, United States
Why it was banned
Cleland was arrested soon after publication; the book was prosecuted for obscenity in the US from 1821, and the US Supreme Court cleared it in 1966 (Memoirs v. Massachusetts).
Author
John Cleland
Topics
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First published
1748
Shelf note
In print; ban history from the public record.
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