The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders &c. (1722) by Daniel Defoe is a picaresque adventure-filled life story of a tenacious, smart, beautiful, and charismatic woman who aspires to be a lady but who begins her life as the daughter of a convict in Newgate prison. At various points engaging in prostitution, incest, theft, cons and machinations, and ultimately finding penitence, security, and true love, is Moll Flanders an amoral criminal or a sympathetic woman trying to survive harsh circumstances and better ...
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders &c. (1722) by Daniel Defoe is a picaresque adventure-filled life story of a tenacious, smart, beautiful, and charismatic woman who aspires to be a lady but who begins her life as the daughter of a convict in Newgate prison. At various points engaging in prostitution, incest, theft, cons and machinations, and ultimately finding penitence, security, and true love, is Moll Flanders an amoral criminal or a sympathetic woman trying to survive harsh circumstances and better her life?
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Add this copy of Moll Flanders to cart. $5.55, very good condition, Sold by Days of Old Books and More rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wadesville, IN, UNITED STATES, published 1964 by Signet Classics.
Add this copy of Moll Flanders (Signet Classics) to cart. $15.40, like new condition, Sold by Keeper of the Page rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Enumclaw, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1964 by Signet Classics.
Add this copy of Moll Flanders to cart. $27.00, good condition, Sold by Robinson Street Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1964 by Signet Classics.
Brilliant, as a mature Uni student I have decided to buy all the books on my reading list. Wonderful information and an asset that hasn't cost the earth.
LouBet
Sep 17, 2009
Read the Classics
A worthwhile read of DeFoe, and the mores' of the times. Can be tedious, and per the introduction of his justification for writing something considered, too resque, he didn't fulfill that self-requirement. You be the judge.
Selina
Oct 1, 2007
Wicked
This is one of the first novels written. This book deals with the many marriages of Moll Flanders. In her quest to be a gentle woman she finds doomed love affair after doomed love affair. Moll is an interesting character though her lack of maternal instinct might offend some readers. This is a true classic worth reading.
