▁Mem oir s ▁of ▁a ▁Woman ▁of ▁Ple asure — pop ular ly ▁known ▁as ▁F anny ▁Hill ▁( poss ibly ▁an ▁ang lic isation ▁of ▁the ▁Latin ▁m ons ▁v ener is , ▁m ound ▁of ▁Ven us ) — is ▁an ▁er otic ▁novel ▁by ▁English ▁novel ist ▁John ▁Cle land ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁London ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 8 . ▁Writ ten ▁while ▁the ▁author ▁was ▁in ▁deb t ors ' ▁prison ▁in ▁London , ▁it ▁is ▁considered ▁" the ▁first ▁original ▁English ▁pro se ▁por n ography , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁por n ography ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁novel ". ▁It ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁pro sec uted ▁and ▁b anned ▁books ▁in ▁history . ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁exempl ifies ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁eu ph em ism . ▁ ▁The ▁text ▁has ▁no ▁" dir ty ▁words " ▁or ▁explicit ▁scientific ▁terms ▁for ▁body ▁parts , ▁but ▁uses ▁many ▁literary ▁devices ▁to ▁describe ▁gen ital ia . ▁ ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁v ag ina ▁is ▁sometimes ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" the ▁n eth erm outh ," ▁which ▁is ▁also ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁psych ological ▁disp lacement . ▁ ▁A ▁critical ▁edition ▁by ▁Peter ▁S abor ▁includes ▁a ▁bibli ography ▁and ▁explan atory ▁notes . ▁The ▁collection ▁" Launch ing ▁' F anny ▁Hill '" ▁contains ▁several ▁ess ays ▁on ▁the ▁historical , ▁social ▁and ▁economic ▁them es ▁underlying ▁the ▁novel . ▁ ▁Publishing ▁history ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁two ▁install ments , ▁on