Last weekend, I spent a few hours crawling around on the floor of the Strand Bookstore, taking pictures for Dreadful Book Covers (and hiding from Strand employees and other patrons, harder than one might think). In search for more dreadful covers to adorn this blog, I uncovered the book above: Fanny Hill: Or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. Originally written by John Cleland in the mid-18th century, Fanny Hill was the ultimate erotic novel and was ultimately banned for its bawdy content. I love (not) how the cover of this recently-published edition has the woman's anatomy clearly outlined. Not to mention, her tongue is sticking out, for some bizarre reason. Sexual desire, maybe? If so, this is a weird way to depict it. Random fun fact: John Cleland has the same birthday as F. Scott Fitzgerald. Last weekend, I spent a few hours crawling around on the floor of the Strand Bookstore, taking pictures for Dreadful Book Covers (and hiding from Strand employees and other patrons, harder than one might think). In search for more dreadful covers to adorn this blog, I uncovered the book above: Fanny Hill: Or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. Originally written by John Cleland in the mid-18th century, Fanny Hill was the ultimate erotic novel and was ultimately banned for its bawdy content. I love (not) how the cover of this recently-published edition has the woman's anatomy clearly outlined. Not to mention, her tongue is sticking out, for some bizarre reason. Sexual desire, maybe? If so, this is a weird way to depict it. Random fun fact: John Cleland has the same birthday as F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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