The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders
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- Synopsis
- 'Twelve Year a Whore, fives times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and died a Penitent'. This is how the title page of Daniel Defoe's classic novel describes the career of the woman known as Moll Flanders. Moll tells her own story, a racy tale of a woman's experience in the seamy side of life in late seventeenth-century and early eighteenth-century England and America. Born in Newgate prison, and seduced in the home of her adoptive family, she learns to live off her wits. First published in 1722, this account of opportunism and endurance is one of the earliest novels in the English language.
- Copyright:
- 1994
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780140620252
- Publisher:
- Penguin
- Date of Addition:
- 05/31/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Penguin
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Karen Whittingham
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This book is in the public domain and is freely available to all.