Jun 24, 2014

Mag 225

Tess's prompt this week involves a lady in repose on the greensward.   Egged on by Another Blogger, I'm reading "Fanny Hill"(*) - an eighteen century penny-dreadful about a country lass caught up in the Oldest Profession in the World . . . here she is, recuperating.


Sweet Summer, 1912, John William Waterhouse 

There was a young lady called Fanny
whose clients were Clarence and Danny,
Bert, Harry and Bill,
Jack, Arnold and Phil.
Her staying power - truly uncanny.


(*) Don't bother!  Just don't.  (But you can download it for £0.77p from A'zon to your Kindle, HaHa!)
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13 comments:

  1. Frances GarroodJune 24, 2014 at 8:44 AM

    Love it! I so prefer the funny ones.

    Now please, Doc, any chance you can help with my technical problem just posted? You tend to be good at these things...?

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  2. JinksyJune 24, 2014 at 8:58 AM

    And if you're a canny bargain hunter, you can download it for £0.00. You were fleeced, Doc....But seem to have caught the gist of the tale in your Mag...

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    1. Doctor FTSEJune 24, 2014 at 9:03 AM

      There's a lot of spelling mistakes in the free edition, J. (Sounds like you've read it too?)

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    2. JinksyJune 24, 2014 at 5:21 PM

      I have indeed - I wondered what people did for entertainment in 1749...Now I know!

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  3. humbirdJune 24, 2014 at 3:33 PM

    Simplicity...sometimes helps...exhale.....

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  4. Eddie BluelightsJune 24, 2014 at 3:42 PM

    Good for Fanny
    She's certainly got staying power.
    She's been 'at it' for 102 years since 1912
    . . . and must be getting very sunburnt.

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    1. JinksyJune 24, 2014 at 5:11 PM

      Bit before that Eddie - WIKI says 1748, and the free kindle version gives 1749 as a 'first published' date...and I think ALL versions have what one might call 'free spelling interpretations', 'cos I've used Amazon's 'look inside' feature - for comparison purposes only, you understand. LOL.

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    2. Doctor FTSEJune 24, 2014 at 6:22 PM

      Yeah, sure. 3 or 4 pages of "Look Inside" and you know all you need to know. After that it's variations on a theme.

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    3. Eddie BluelightsJune 26, 2014 at 10:43 PM

      Thinking of date of painting and not Fanny - LOL
      I'll tell Aida about this!!

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  5. HelenaJune 24, 2014 at 10:22 PM

    Heh Heh. She does look fair knackered though, doesn't she...!?

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  6. Cait O'ConnorJune 26, 2014 at 5:18 PM

    Hee Hee

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  7. Kathe W.June 27, 2014 at 7:44 PM

    knackered is the word of the day for this gal!

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  8. Vanessa Victoria KilmerJuly 1, 2014 at 1:09 AM

    Fanny could have been a nanny but that would have been less than dandy.

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