Fanny Hill
The Story
Resurrecting forbidden literature with commentary, essays and historical context. First published in 1748 and banned for more than two centuries, John Cleland's Fanny Hill is the original bad girl of English fiction.
Follow orphaned Fanny from the countryside to London, through love, loss, ruin and reinvention, in a fresh serialized edition with notes on the book's scandalous history.
Part of Skylar's Vintage Erotica section on Substack. Adult content for readers 18+.
All Chapters
Introduction
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An introduction to Fanny Hill, the 1748 novel banned for centuries, and why the original bad girl of English fiction still matters.
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Orphaned and alone, young Fanny leaves her country village for London. Includes an editor's note introducing the Vintage Erotica series.
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Fanny arrives in bustling London and is taken in by the seemingly kind Mrs. Brown.
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Fanny settles into Mrs. Brown's house, where the worldly Phoebe begins her education.
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Fanny is dressed and groomed by Mrs. Brown and Phoebe, unaware of what they are preparing her for.
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Fanny is introduced to Mrs. Brown's 'cousin', and she narrowly escapes his unwanted attentions.
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Recovering from her ordeal, Fanny witnesses scenes in the house that awaken her own curiosity.
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Fanny discovers the beautiful young Charles sleeping in the parlor after a drunken night, and they fall instantly and mutually in love at first sight.
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Fanny and Charles begin a blissful love affair and her awakening as a woman.
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This chapter delivers the catastrophic blow that transforms Fanny’s story from romantic idyll to tale of survival, as Charles is forcibly shanghaied onto a merchant vessel by his vengeful father.
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Orphaned and alone, young Fanny leaves her country village for London. Includes an editor's note introducing the Vintage Erotica series.
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Orphaned and alone, young Fanny leaves her country village for London. Includes an editor's note introducing the Vintage Erotica series.
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Orphaned and alone, young Fanny leaves her country village for London. Includes an editor's note introducing the Vintage Erotica series.
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Orphaned and alone, young Fanny leaves her country village for London. Includes an editor's note introducing the Vintage Erotica series.
18+ only. This series contains explicit sexual content intended for adult readers. All characters are consenting adults aged 18 or older.