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This historical fiction novel by Erica Jong (originally published in 1980) re‑imagines the eighteenth‑century figure of Fanny Hackabout Jones, placing her at the centre of a bold and picaresque journey through gender, freedom and desire. The narrative tracks her evolution from foundling to enlightened woman navigating a world shaped by patriarchy, sexual commerce, social mobility and philosophical revolt. Jong blends bygone authenticity with feminist exuberance, crafting a heroine who both embraces the pleasures and endures the constraints of her era. Through episodic adventures—at sea, in brothels, among intellectual salons—the novel interrogates themes of female agency, authorial voice and the inherited legacies of erotic literature. The result is a rich, layered contribution to feminist historical romance and the novel of ideas.