Memoirs of Fanny Hill

John Cleland (1709-1789) was an English novelist best known for Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. It was while he was in prison that Cleland finalized Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. The text probably existed in manuscript for a number of years before Cleland developed it for publication. After publication, Cleland was arrested again, along with the publishers and printer of Fann...