This post brings you something just a little bit different. Today I have made a very short podcast for you: an excerpt from the first chapter of Fanny Hill, by John Cleland – a piece of erotic fiction written in 1748.
- Scene from chapter eight of Fanny Hill
From the Wikipedia entry for Fanny Hill:
“Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (popularly known as Fanny Hill) is an erotic novel by John Cleland first published in England in 1748. Written while the author was in debtor’s prison in London, it is considered “the first original English prose pornography, and the first pornography to use the form of the novel.” One of the most prosecuted and banned books in history”
How could I resist?
It seemed like a great way to let you hear my voice, and if you like it enough (please let me know with a comment below!), then I may just podcast the entire story.
Fanny Hill – m4a
(for iPod, iPhone etc)
John.
Ok, that’s now two votes for more podcasts. Thank for that! I will see about putting up another one over the weekend (depending on how busy things are). I will probably start reading Fanny Hill from the beginning and do five or ten minutes at a time.
If you have any suggestions of things that you would like me to read or talk about, please let me know. The only limitation is if it’s someone’s published work, then it will need to be out of copyright.
John.