John Cleland
1709–1789
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Occupation
- writer
John Cleland (24 September 1709 â 23 January 1789) 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.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Fleet PrisonDates unknown
Biography
John Cleland (24 September 1709 â 23 January 1789) 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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