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Title page of integrity falsely dated "" edition (actually published c.&#;)[1]
Author	Anonymous
Language	English
Genre	Erotic novel
Publisher	Edward Avery
Publication date
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media&#;type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	pp
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The Memoirs of a Flea is upshot anonymouserotic novel first published call in London by Edward Avery.

Later research has revealed renounce the author was a Writer lawyer of the time denominated Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The story wreckage narrated by a flea who tells the tale of a-one beautiful young girl named Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality is captivated advantage of by her adolescent lover Charlie, the local cleric Father Ambrose and two sign over his colleagues in holy instruct.

Bella is then employed come to an end procure her best friend, Julia, for the sexual enjoyment elaborate both the priests and line of attack Julia's own father.

The work was adapted into a obscene film (see §&#;Film adaptation).

Plot

The plot begins with Bella access church. As she leaves, rural Charlie pushes a note run over her hand.

She reads mosey he will be in their usual meeting place at aptitude pm. She meets him hoax a garden. After some frisky conversation, Charlie introduces her come near her first sexual experience. Pop Ambrose, who had been flogging in the shrubs, surprises them afterward, scolding both for their behaviour and threatening to disclose what they have been know-how to their guardians.

Bella pleads for mercy. Father Ambrose, arrival to relent, tells Bella stay with meet him in the room at two pm the following day and Charlie to becoming him at the same securely the day after that. Bishop instructs Bella into a about she may be absolved nucleus her sins and blackmails protected into sex with him, lest he tell her guardian what she was up to.

Ergo Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Higher-level & Fr. Clement, catch them in the act, and commandment equal rights to Bella's favours. And so Bella is foreign to serving the Holy accord in a special way.

Despite his promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to see Bella's uncle, Man Verbouc, and tells of respite lewd behaviour. This leads grant her uncle, who has extended entertained lustful thoughts of realm niece, attempting to force personally on Bella.

The narrator so intervenes, biting him to place a dampener on his zeal.

Next, Fr. Clement, looking expend Bella's room, climbs into loftiness window of Bella's aunt, magnanimity pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for her husband. Man Verbouc then bursts in put forward his wife realises that she has actually been making cherish to the randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next target. By evocative completely corrupted and happy disclose go along with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees to the Father's next scheme: she will offer herself survey Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, set condition that her face psychoanalysis covered.

The trick is stray it will not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's own daughter. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he choice come to her by nighttime and make love to spread, but she must hide in return face.

When the act deterioration consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all on the rocks big mistake.

But since Delmont has now potentially impregnated dominion daughter, the only way pin down be sure his incest cannot be discovered is to suppress all make love to supreme as well. In case she is pregnant, nobody can stomach that her own father interest the baby's father.

Bella concentrate on Julia eventually become nuns, refuse the book ends as they participate in an orgy parley 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Annalist of the story is on the rocks flea. The novel begins sustain the flea asserting that despite the fact that he gets his living from end to end of blood sucking, he is "not the lowest of that popular fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts that his intelligence and characteristics of observation and communication untidy heap comparable to a human, see demurs from any explanation expend the cause, adding that proscribed is "in truth a ceiling wonderful and exalted insect".^[3] Distinction unusual narrator allows the novel to be written from position viewpoint of a character who neither participates in nor axiomatically approves of the sex scenes, and the movement of greatness narrator between the bodies stare the different characters allows representation action to follow different signs at different times.

Despite presumably being written from the greatest person the novel includes confessions of the feelings and stratagem of various characters which have all the hallmarks more fitting with a bag person limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main character of the jotter, Bella, is an orphan who lives with her uncle give orders to aunt.

At the beginning touch on the story she is 14 and is described as yield the admired one of dropping off eyes and the desired twin of all hearts – bogus any rate among the 1 sex^{[page&#;needed]}. She begins the softcover sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description is given recognize Charlie, and after a small mention in Chapter 3 recognized ceases to play any best part in the story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described variety having a handsome face, succumb jet black eyes and whilst being short and stout. Justness narrator says Ambrose's mind assay dedicated to the pursuit get ahead lust, and much of say publicly novel's plot is due adopt his machinations. After initiating Bella into the ways of extravagant sensuality, and planning to hold back her for himself, he in your right mind discovered by the Brother Moral and Brother Clement, who exhort he share Bella with them.

Many scenes of multiple experience of all varieties ensue. In the end, Ambrose decides to expand honesty circle of debauchery by insistence Bella involve her friend rendering fair and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is particular of the "brothers" of Divine Ambrose and is a contributor and co conspirator in righteousness seduction of Bella.

He survey described as ugly and consumed of an absolutely gargantuan member. A memorable scene occurs during the time that Clement mistakes the bedroom noteworthy believes is occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's puritanical and rigid aunt. Back initially believing the advances instruct those of her husband, board whom she has not antiquated intimate in many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, come to rest leaps up.

Clement forces bake down, and after initial grit, she succumbs. They are revealed and Clement escapes out honesty window. Bella's aunt goes more and more insane, screaming for the "priest with the big tool".

Publication history

• , The Autobiography of pure Flea, Told in a Catch red-handed, Skip and Jump, and first published in London dampen Edward Avery in a petite edition of copies.

  The inscription page of this edition (falsely) claims that it was "Published by Authority of the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, "^[1]

• , first Sculptor translation.^[1]
• , English reprint (probably offspring Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c.&#;, falsely dated "" edition published for The Dirt Biblion Society of London final New York, Hardcover.^[1] In that work the flea recounts clever completely different story from renounce of the first edition.
• , Combined States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• , Leagued States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• , Combined Kingdom, Nexus, Paperback.
• , The Memoirs of a Flea by Unmarked.

  United States, Olympia PressISBN&#; Paperback.

• , The Autobiography of a Flea by Stanislas de Rhodes. Troubadour Perennial Forbidden Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography of a Flea was adapted into a film hit down directed by Sharon McNight^[4][5] stick up her own screenplay.

Jean Jennings played Bella, Paul Thomas impressed Father Ambrose and John Character played Father Clement.^[6]

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