The premise of the book is why I took the chance. I couldn't get past the language however. If you can read English from the Victorian age, I think it would be a good read :)

Top 6 1981

Fanny was a beautiful book!
She is a powerful women, constantly being undermined by men. She gets her revenge in the sweetest ways!
A true feminist novel, which as a woman made me ooze with happiness!
I LOVED IT.

I learned from this book that knowing about other time periods, or knowing about anything really, helps make a better reading experience. The knowledge and writing experience Erica Jong provides in this novel is unlike anything I have ever read before, because, not only is it open like a wound, one really feels a connection to the character because she is so human.

A good book to get euphemisms for a woman's you-know-what...

Some weird choices by Jong which owe more to the 1970s than the 1720s but overall such bravura that it's impossible to resist.

Also, the sex scenes are not nearly as extensive as I remember. They must have impressed me.

I put it down, but I'll pick it up again. Really, really dense. Fun to read, though, and beautifully written. Dense. Very dense.

She was the best pirate ever!

Fun, full of delightful vocabulary and stimulating. as well. Not so much erotica as Anne Rice's Beauty books, but close.

A fun book though a little cliched and pointless. I had no idea there were that many different names for genitalia.

This is a hilarious commentary on bodice rippers. I highly recommend it.

Warning: if you loved this book when it first came out, don't revisit!

I gave this book 5 stars because that's how I felt about it - in 1980. LOVE, LOVE, LOVED IT!

Having just reread it - wincing the whole time - Erica Jong's feminist rant/18th century sex romp is a bit sad and silly in 2012. Fun but overwrought. Thirty years later, Fanny didn't age well - or maybe I did.

If you like sexy (OK, porn-ish) historical romance and are between the ages of 16 and 25, go for it. If not, think twice.

Sincerest and Abundant Apologies to my Book Club :{