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The First Pornographic Novel Had it All

Kinky History

CHAPTER

A Novel by John Cleveland

The novel details the exploits of Fanny Hill, a sex worker working within London. The book was originally written in two different installments with Fanny writing a kind of penthouse air school letter to her friend. It's by no means meant to be a genuine representation of prostitution, but it does say something about the interesting realities of what people thought sex work looked like in London.

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