By 1721 Defoe had become a renowned novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoeen 1719. His political work was declining at this point, due to the fall of the Whig and Tory party leaders with whom he had been associated (Robert Walpole was beginning his ascent). Defoe was never quite home with the Walpole group. However, Defoe's Whig views are evident in Moll's story. The full title of the novel gives an idea of this and the plot outline: "The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders, etc., who was born in ...
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By 1721 Defoe had become a renowned novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoeen 1719. His political work was declining at this point, due to the fall of the Whig and Tory party leaders with whom he had been associated (Robert Walpole was beginning his ascent). Defoe was never quite home with the Walpole group. However, Defoe's Whig views are evident in Moll's story. The full title of the novel gives an idea of this and the plot outline: "The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders, etc., who was born in Newgate and during a life of continuous variety for sixty years, in addition to her Childhood, twelve years he was a whore, five times a wife (of which he was once his own brother), twelve years a thief, eight years a criminal transported in Virginia, he finally became rich, lived honest and died penitent. Of his own memos
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