fanny

Fanny Hill , also known as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure , is an erotic novel by English novelist John Cleland. It is one of the most prosecuted and banned books in history of literature. The book is written as a series of letters from Frances „Fanny” Hill to an unknown woman, with Fanny justifying her life-choices to this individual. This fictional account of a young woman’s unconventional route...

A young girl named Fanny Price comes to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram. Fanny’s family is quite poor; her mother, unlike her sister Lady Bertram, married beneath her, and Fanny’s father, a sailor, is disabled and drinks heavily. Fanny is abused by her other aunt, Mrs. Norris, a busybody who runs things at Mansfield Park , the Bertrams’ estate. The Bertram daughters,...

Powieść „Wenus w futrze” stanowi literacki zapis eksperymentu z 1869 roku, w czasie którego Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch na pół roku stał się niewolnikiem baronówny Fanny von Pistor. Książka natychmiast po wydaniu zyskała światową sławę. Wywołała też olbrzymi skandal oraz zainicjowała szeroką dyskusję o dewiacjach seksualnych. Od nazwiska autora ukuto termin „masochizm”, co zaważyło na karierze...

Even a short novel like „Madame de Treymes” shows you what a masterful writer Edith Wharton was. It is a captivating portrait of turn-of-the-century American and French culture. Inspired by Wharton’s own entré into Parisian society in 1906 and reminiscent of the works of Henry James, it tells the story of two young innocents abroad: Fanny Frisbee of New York, unhappily married to the dissolute Marquis...