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John Cleland

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British writer (1709-1789)

WritersLived 1709 to 1789 · aged 79
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John Cleland was an English novelist best known for his fictional Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, whose eroticism led to his arrest. James Boswell called him "a sly, old malcontent".

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Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1709 to 1789 · aged 79
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25 languages

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