First Night of Passion; Television ONE of the Sexiest Novels in Literature Is Being Brought to the Small Screen by Warwickshire Writer Andrew Davies. TV Writer MARION McMULLEN Checks out the Bawdy Tale of a Young Girl Trying to Make Her Way in the Wicked City

Byline: MARION McMULLEN

IT is, perhaps, the ultimate I kiss-and-tell story," declares I Warwickshire writer Andrew Davies about infamous, classic novel Fanny Hill. John Cleland's saucy tale follows the fortunes of vulnerable young girl Fanny who is lured to London after losing her parents to smallpox.

Seized upon by notorious madam Mrs Brown, Fanny's virtue is tested by the lascivious Mr Crofts, but her heart belongs to true love Charles. The cast is led by Alison Steadman, Samantha Bond and Hugo Speer and introduces newcomer Rebecca Night as Fanny. Kenilworth-based Andrew Davies says Fanny is sharp and streetwise but is different from many anti-heroines in literature because she preserves a romantic heart through all her misadventures.

"She prefers virtue to vice and she is quite unabashed in her enthusiasm for sex - all very endearing qualities, to my mind," says Andrew. "She is …

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Publication information: Article title: First Night of Passion; Television ONE of the Sexiest Novels in Literature Is Being Brought to the Small Screen by Warwickshire Writer Andrew Davies. TV Writer MARION McMULLEN Checks out the Bawdy Tale of a Young Girl Trying to Make Her Way in the Wicked City. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England). Publication date: October 20, 2007. Page number: 19. © 2009 Coventry Newpapers. COPYRIGHT 2007 Gale Group.

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